so, this guy is in a 1 billion PE right after studying at a crappy university it is obvious how he got in, but still...
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His father/brother is George Kase...one of the partners. He was also academic all-american and team captain of the football team...wall street loves athletes.
coming from a non target with minimal experience what would his day to day activities be?
1) It looks like he is in more of a support role right now
2) He was a 2 time All American
Working on WS isn't about being the smartest, it is about being connected and playing the game.
Ain't that swell. I don't know anyone and I have a bum knee. FML.
Regards
I hear he actually caught a 700 lb marlin. A new wallstreet record.
@anthony: Well said. I believe that after a certain point, most people on WS have around the same smarts, its a matter of how well you connect with people, take initiative, and hustle to make it to where you want.
uhh
the reason he got in is 150% the fact that his dad is a senior partner there...nothing to do with anything else
I know this firm. It's his brother not his father. Don't hate it is what it is. I'm sure if you all had brothers that were partners in a PE firm they would hook you up as well if they thought you were capable.
Also, fact is most work in PE or IB isn't that hard and if you are fairly intelligent and have a good business sense you can be successful. Banking doesn't recruit from the top schools and the top grads within those schools because its an intellectually difficult job but rather because they have a finite number of positions do might as well take the most intelligent and hardest working from the bunch. That does not mean that others are not capable for doing the work given the right family connections.
that's beside the point
the question was, "how did he get in?"
the answer is indisputably "because his brother/father is a partner there"
if this had been an LSAT reading comprehension question, you would have missed it
Yes Yes, we all know how he got the job. No need to reiterate it repeatedly.Plain fact is he probably could have gotten a job elsewhere because of his athletic achievement. I think people really discount the boost being a NCAA athlete can give you. Either way he would of been competitive at various boutiques or MM firms.
Your witty comebacks never fail to amuse me, albeit for only a good couple of nanoseconds, but hey, quality not quantity right?
That's nothing...I just got a gig with J.T. Marlin in New Jersey. Supposed to be a real quality place.
@Affirmative Action
I hate to be petty but if you are gonna accuse me of lacking of reading comprehension its time for you to get a lesson in reading between the lines as well as follow on grammatical prose.
When I write, it is what it is, and if you had a brother too hook you up too, it's referencing the fact that yes he did get the job directly because of his family member. Which is the answer to the question, while maybe difficult for some to interpret due to lack of insight, albeit masked in a non direct statement.
The also in my second paragraph indicated a slight change in topic. Its where I went off on an unrelated tangent.
If my post had been an LSAT reading compression question, as that seems to be your cup of tea, you would have fell for the distraction of the second paragraph while reading over the true meaning in the first. Fail.
personally,
I read your original post as the response of a rambling fool. I read your "follow on" post as the response of a rambling lunatic.
also it's "it's" not "its"
-attended the kelsey grammar school, LSAT>170
Ah yes, Marlin Equity... the PE arm of Wall Street powerhouse JT Marlin.
he had a 3.9 GPA, had sick activities. Now a principal. Fucking broad even in a LinkedIn profile picture. A life well lived
The real question is why do you care?
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