I'm considering offers from a leading tech private equity firm and an MBB consulting firm. Both offices are in NYC. It's worth mentioning that at the MBB consulting firm I'd be able to go down the Technology, B2B, and Private Equity expert tracks. This means that I'd have the chance to do several 3 month rotations with the "Ring Fence" team, during which time I could work on 3-6 PE due diligences. During the other time I'd work on Tech, FinTech, and B2B cases. During the course of the 2 year MBB analyst program I've been assured that I'd be able to see at least 20 PE due diligence cases, and gain significant strategy/operational chops through the Tech work I did(there's also a significant chance I work on a strategy case for a PE backed company). It's also worth mentioning that I feel very confident that I could be a top performing analyst at the consulting firm, while I'm a bit more skeptical that I'd be a top performer at the PE fund(I don't want to be on Adderall everyday like I know many PE analysts are).
My goal is to be able to do private equity long term (3-6 years post graduation) but I also heavily value getting a broad skillset, learning interesting things, and having something that might resemble "work life balance" when I'm 22-24 years old. I also might be interested in attending a top business school after 2-4 years of working. If I were to go into business school I'd certainly want PE to be an option after graduation. I'd also very much want the option to work in a CFO-type role(corporate strategy/finance) at an interesting tech startup.
Given what I've said, which offer would you recommend taking? Which do you feel is the surest way to prepare oneself for long term success in the tech PE industry? Which do you feel is best for business school admissions? And which do you think provides the best chance to get into some sort of corporate strategy/finance role at a tech startup? As you guys can see, I'm pretty torn so I'll appreciate any help.
Thanks for any and all advice!
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