Private Equity firms that recruit undergrads?

Question

What PE firms recruit from undergrad? Probably a ton of posts like this, but honestly curious. Would love to get into an REPE firm. I'm a current jobless senior

banker832 · Accepted Answer

Actually firms are starting to recruit undergrads but only kids from HYP/S/W with 3.9+

Blackstone - has formal undergrad recruiting
Warburg Pincus - took 4 full-time this year for the first time
KKR - has taken undergrad interns
Carlyle - has taken interns and converted at least one (to my knowledge) to full-time
Parthenon - in SF recruited undergrads for the first time this year
General Atlantic (growth equity) - has formal undergrad recruiting

Yung Hedgefund · Answer

It's definitely worth it in the sense that LMM firms are fairly open to hiring straight out of undergrad. The real question is if that's what you're looking for. In general, LMM PE firms that hire straight out of undergrad place a strong emphasis on having their analysts source deals. You will spend the VAST majority of time actually finding companies and CEO contact information.

Deal Team Six · Answer

First of all, I should start by mentioning that from my minimal working knowledge on REPE's, there are some that hire directly out of undergrad within the Chicagoland area. I have a friend working at one as an intern who anticipates he will be kept on FT after grad.

What I can say in regards to PE is this; every single comment on here has been related to MFs. As someone who really wanted (and still does want) to do PE upon grad, I have found a large number of undergrad students from semi and non targets working in PE without further education.

West Coast rainmaker · Answer

All three of these schools are targets...IB is yours to lose at any of them.

DO NOT DECIDE WHERE YOU SPEND YOUR COLLEGE YEARS BASED ON SOME MINISCULE DIFFERENCE IN RECRUITING!

These are radically different campuses. It is west coast vs city vs rural. Decide based on where you could see yourself being happy and having a good experience.

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