Would anyone know the size of KKR's Menlo Park office ?
How many analysts do they have / hire each year ?
I am assuming that office is focussed on Technology/Biotech deals & general West Coast operations.
Where do they hire most of their analysts from ? GS/MS ? Do they contact people directly / use headhunters ?
Any thoughts on the above would be very helpful.
Also..which other PE shops are good for Technology. I am guessing Silver Lake Partners, Elevation Partners, Blackstone, TPG, H&F...any others ?
I would add Francisco Partners to your list
from UBS LA in the past few years
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KKR Menlo is pretty big -- NY is run by Kravis, SF by Roberts. They cover a lot of verticals out of there. Most deals are done by NY and SF guys because most major deals both Kravis and Roberts are included in.
I know in that office they have atleast Energy, Tech, Healtchare, Telecoms, Media, Retail etc.
Hire pretty heavily out of UBS LA, GS and MS -- the usual suspects. Guys have gone there from CS LA in the past as well. Mostly use headhunters.
In the past few years they've hired about 2-4 analysts per year.
Thanks for the insights.
So a list of PE Shops with strong Tech Buy Out teams on the West Coast are: - Silver Lake Partner (Menlo Park) - Francisco Partners (SF) - Elevation Partners (Menlo Park) - Warburg Pinucs (Menlo Park) - KKR (Menlo Park) - Blackstone (Menlo Park) - TPG (SF) - General Atlantic Partners (Palo Alto) - Hellman & Friedman (SF) - Carlyle(SF)
Assuming the above firms hire 2-3 analysts for their Menlo Park/SF operations...I assuming there would be between 20 - 30 opportunities each year.
Not sure which headhunters are used for the above firms: I know GloCap & SG Partners...Any others ?
Does anyone know the culture(hours) at these firms, How different is it from IB - BB ?
throw in golden gate capital
Personally know two guys who went from UBS LA and two who went from MS FSG SF, as well as one who went from McKinsey.
netking: Blackstone doesn't have a Menlo office. Still, you're right about them having a pretty sick tech practice.
Overall, if you're interested in staying out on the West Coast, I would have to say that KKR Menlo, TPG, and H&F are probably the top shops. To get there, from my experience MS FSG SF has consistently placed the lights out and would lead to the best PE exit opps among all the West Coast banking groups. Plus you only have two or three other analysts in your class to compete with.
actaully Blackstone does have an office in palo alto, headcount of one ...for now
Agree with Prescott, although I would throw in Silver Lake as well.
Thoughts on GS PIA in SF? I think they are mostly tech, no?
how big is his office???
GS PIA in San Francisco is focussed on Technology...Not sure how big the team is and how they recruit.
People have indicated that a lot of the recruitment is done by hiring from GS IBD.
Focusing on returns, I would take out elevation and add vector capital. Its smaller, but a much better fund.
Also, the big PE shows hire enough people where they definitely take a wider net of people than GS and MS. Probably down to Lehman is my guess.
In terms of recruiters, Glocap is big but not as prestigious as CPI and Oxbridge. CPI is extremely focused on big or "good" smaller PE shops, Oxbridge is a bit broader.
In terms of recruiters, I think Glocap, CPI, Oxbridge and SG are definitely the go-to firms. If you want to go megafund, SG and to a certain extent CPI are the best bets. For middle market (up to a few billion) Glocap and Oxbridge are the right guys. The nice thing about Glocap is that you can actually look online at all of the positions they are looking to fill. What do others think of personalities of firms?
This is bullshit. KKR has hired thru oxbridge.
KKR Menlo Park (Originally Posted: 04/11/2013)
Wanted to get info on hours, culture, deal flow, sector focus, etc. thanks guys.
Also interested
probably littered with GS TMT guys
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