Long term benefits of a career in PE coming from consulting

I spent 2 years at MBB (recently left) and I’m targeting to move to an UMM/MF PE firm next year. However, if I decide investing is not for me, will 2 years of PE be beneficial at all for me in my longer term career? I don’t feel like I learned as much in consulting due to the covid experience, so I’m also open to returning to MBB.

Long term goal is to go to H/S MBA and run a F500 company and I don’t think PE is my long term career, but I think the finance that investment bankers and investors learn is  important knowledge to have as an executive. However, I know PE name brand probably won’t help as much as MBB since corporate people usually aren’t familiar with any of the PE firms that hire consultants. 

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Consulting taught me strategy, markets, how to actually implement ideas with an organization and manage politics, etc.

PE taught me financial modeling, capital allocation, and figuring out the levers are that enhance firm value, as well as how to "act" in a board room

If you think of the question: who would drive more value at a F500 as CEO, a PE Partner or a McKinsey partner, I think the answer tells you what you learn at each place

I personally think the McKinsey partner would drive more value because they know how to implement things, maneuver an organization, etc., but I also personally think the PE partner would be better at it on paper because his job is to identify value, but does not themselves know how to implement value accretive changes (e.g., relies on communicating value drivers to management who enacts them)

Stream of consciousness rant, can expand if helpful

 

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