Carlyle, TPG, Apollo 2021 PE Analyst Programs?

Do Carlyle, TPG, and Apollo hire PE Analysts straight out of undergraduate? Does anybody know if they are doing 2021 Analyst recruiting like Blackstone, KKR, Warburg, Bain Capital etc.?

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Are these through nepotism or possibly through normal networking - wondering if possible for someone without existing networks to break into it

 

Warburg takes a select few analysts. We had one last year at our non-ivy target but he was also a god.

 

Warburg takes applications from the typical targets for full-time. Typically takes 2ish at the analyst level. A lot of Penn grads at the shop and it shows for their typical analyst intake.

 
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They actively prioritize girls (not a separate track, just easier interviews / save 1-2 slots for them) however any school they've hired a girl from they're willing to hire guys from - simply expecting a different level (given more competition among guys). Girl was probably top if she got it from a school they don't normally hire from.

 

Makes sense - for anyone interested, went through linkedin, here is a list of schools they hire from, in terms of frequency - interesting to see no Harvard kids have made it...

  1. Penn (massively)
  2. MIT (second by far)
  3. UChicago (one)
  4. Georgetown (one)
  5. UVA (mentioned above, not sure who / can't confirm)

Anyone have similar information know about KKR or BX? Only found one KKR analyst (from Wharton) and three BX analysts (Harvard, Wharton, Georgetown).

 

Warburg recruits heavily out of Penn, namely GPS and SSG group of the finance org WITG. I know that WP has two incoming analysts in both of those orgs, and they're both smart af. Also, the current 1y analyst in the group has the same exact track record, so maybe it's a trend

 

Is there some requirement to be in both groups? Or are those people in just one or maybe even in some other group of WITG?

 

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