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| +535 | 8 years old with no finance experience, too late to get into PE? AllStateRap Hi everyone. I go to a top feeder elementary school and hoping to get into <abbr title="middle market">MM</abbr> or hopefully <abbr title="megafund">MF</abbr> <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> down the line. I'm... | 91 | 5mo |
| +157 | My Private Equity Recruiting Process Candor I am about 3 weeks removed from receiving three <abbr title="private equity ">PE</abbr> offers (from <abbr title="megafunds ">MFs</abbr> and top <abbr title="middle market ">MM</abbr> firms), both elated and relieved to be done... | 128 | 2mo |
| +149 | From Private Equity Associate to VP in Private Equity labanker There's a perception of people on the street that private equity is the cream of the crop. The hours, the pay, the beloved carry, the work itself - is it all greener grass syndrome? Not quite, private equity is pretty awesome by most standards; that's why becoming a private equity... | 93 | 1mo |
| +112 | Overview of Infrastructure Private Equity Option Value Hello <abbr title="Wall Street Oasis">WSO</abbr>, I have been a long time lurker, and this is my first post (or maybe I am one of the top rated authors who decided to make a post anonymously). I have noticed a certain lack of information about infrastructure investing on... | 89 | 2mo |
| +93 | Why I Left PE & Switched to the Public Markets johndoe89 I compiled this post because I've received several questions aroud this topic in private messages and I thought it may be helpful to discuss my experience with a wider audience. I would like to caveat all of the information in this really long post below by saying that these are all broad... | 72 | 2mo |
| +78 | Former MS M&A / KKR here to field questions 10xleverage In the spirit of thanksgiving, I have decided to host a thread where you can ask all you ever wanted about banking or <abbr title="private equity ">PE</abbr>. Please feel free to ask away. | 254 | 1y |
| +70 | STOP obsessing about windows to jump thru for PE!!! earthwalker7 Starting my rant.... <rant> I just got asked about career planning for the move from <abbr title="investment banking division">IBD</abbr> to <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr>, yet again. I've a lot of sympathy for my fellow... | 25 | 1mo |
| +64 | Are you experienced? Thoughts on growing older labanker It’s been awhile since I’ve checked in on <abbr title="Wall Street Oasis">WSO</abbr>. I hope 2016 has treated you all well and you’re now settling in for some well deserved rest and relaxation time over the course of the holidays. It may just be selection bias... | 32 | 1y |
| +61 | Best day of my life. I broke into PE coming from Community College. Here is my story. SUNYWallStreet I wanted to tell my story on this forum - as <abbr title="Wall Street Oasis">WSO</abbr> has been the sole reason which helped me learn about the industry and how to break in. I am from downstate New York, born and raised. I was a poor student in high school, so much so I... | 38 | 1y |
| +60 | AMA: 3rd Year PE Associate ($10bn+ AUM, MBO/LBO, equity, mezz, distressed debt) NuckFuts Edit: <em>Wow, did not expect this thread to get so popular. Apologies if you PM'd me and I have not responded - there are dozens of messages I would respond to if I wasn't getting crushed on a deal. My firm must monitor my <abbr title="Wall Street... | 134 | 10mo |
| +50 | Life after PE - the other road labanker As I mentioned in a previous thread (<a href="//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/how-to-make-vp-in-private-equity">"How to Make VP in Private Equity"</a>), a couple years ago I said goodbye to the private equity industry and decided to try my luck in the tech... | 41 | 8mo |
| +49 | Investment Banking to Private Equity - 6 Things You Should Know I Invest <h3>1. Why not just try to start with a <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> firm?</h3> There are <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> firms that hire juniors out of undergrad. However, this 99.99% of the time is in a sub-associate... | 41 | 4mo |
| +46 | No country for old I-bankers (starting a mid-career thread for finance professionals) earthwalker7 Starting a thread for mid-career finance professionals. Where did you guys go after banking? I ended up in <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> myself, but man, it's hard. Seems <abbr title="Wall Street Oasis">WSO</abbr> is all about the... | 62 | 4mo |
| +42 | AMA - Analyst at Top PE Fund (TPG, KKR, BX, OAK, Carlyle, APO) thewallstreeter200 Hi everyone! Long term user, but new account here to preserve my anonymity. <h3>My background: </h3> I'm currently a private equity analyst at one of the funds in the topic title. As some of our processes are slowing down, I wanted to check back into the forum and give back... | 226 | 1y |
| +40 | Why do people choose megafunds over MM? lurker22 Wondering about this. Is it just the prestige/pay? Seems like your experience would be quite limited at megafunds (type of work similar to banking, just modelling focused). Why don't more people pursue <abbr title="middle market">MM</abbr> -- especially if it is less... | 178 | 9mo |
| +40 | 2019 On-Cycle PE Recruiting: Headhunter Ranking Theo_Epstein_2032 Recruited on-cycle in early December and signed with an upper <abbr title="middle market">MM</abbr> buyout fund in <abbr title="New York City">NYC</abbr> starting Summer 2019 (flagship fund size: $6-9 bn; AUM: $20-40 bn). Lazy Friday in the office... | 36 | 2mo |
| +39 | Went from Community College & Fast Food with a 2.8 GPA to one of the most active PE funds in the world within 3 years. AMA. xgozax Happy to answer any questions. Message me personally if you'd like 1 on 1 help. | 60 | 1y |
| +39 | Tricks of the Trade babymonkey357 Just want to share best practices and hear what other people do to be more efficient. I'm wrapping up 1st year associate in middle-market growth equity shop... <h3>PortCos</h3> * Keep a folder for each portco in outlook where I save all correspondence * Save all... | 91 | 1w |
| +39 | Abraaj Capital - Global Anlayst Program - 2017 Intake Sohail Hey Guys! With regard to the above captioned subject, I'm looking to get in touch with candidates who have applied for Abraaj's GAP for the 2017 intake. In this regard, I'd be grateful if people can apprise about the status of their application process. Also, all those who are... | 408 | 9mo |
| +38 | Private Equity Recruiting Walkthrough – My Experience embeebee I’m 6 weeks removed from receiving an offer at a UMM/<abbr title="megafund">MF</abbr> – it was truly a thrilling experience. Now that I’m back into the swing of things at work, I thought I’d give back to the <abbr title="Wall Street... | 14 | 2w |
| +37 | The Truth Behind PE Compensation CompBanker Hello World! Compensation in the <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> world can be a bit of a black box. I sometimes get approached by folks who are perplexed by their compensation packages at a middle market <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr>... | 21 | 2y |
| +37 | Millionaire by 30 benjirivers Hey there wolves. I recently set a goal for myself to be have a million dollars sitting in my savings account before mid-age crisis blows me across the face like a metal baseball bat. If there's any of you young bucks out there on the street with a similar goal. Matter of fact, if... | 87 | 4mo |
| +36 | How does one best fit pregnancy into a PE career IBDMagician As a woman eyeing a career in <abbr title="private equity ">PE</abbr>, how could one best plan pregnancy to minimise damage to one's career progression. Time it with MBA? Wait till Director or even Partner? I doubt there are many mothers on here who can speak from... | 38 | 5mo |
| +35 | Any Others Dealing With Competitiveness Among Associates / Cut Throat Office Culture? Private_Equiteer Hi All - Posting from a throwaway account for anonymity, but wanted to get everyone's thoughts on a relatively new phenomenon I've started experiencing since beginning my role on the buy-side. <h4>My background: </h4> A bit of background on me - traditional path to... | 138 | 11mo |
| +35 | The Promised Land of Private Equity Turned out to be a "Monster Land" Pantera I spent 3 years in bulge bracket bank covering awesome tech companies. Banking was great for me can't complain much. The culture in my group was amazing, the people I worked with were fantastic. Lots of social events, group lunch breaks and coffee chats. But like everyone else I was... | 103 | 1mo |
| +31 | As my username suggests, not sure what to do... FullyBurnedOutMonkey First year <abbr title="private equity ">PE</abbr> associate...rolled into <abbr title="private equity ">PE</abbr> without much of a break once I got done with my third year in banking. As my username suggests, I am fully burned out, and was fully... | 37 | 2y |
| +30 | What separates the good from the great in Private Equity? technocrat You've probably heard this one before. "The only thing harder than breaking into private equity is staying in private equity". I would love to hear from people in the industry - what separates those who rise through the ranks from those who do their 2-3 years as an associate and... | 19 | 6mo |
| +30 | A little advice from a F50 executive NuckFuts So I was in business class on an transatlantic flight the other day and ended up sitting next to a F50 executive. He was surprisingly friendly and started up a conversation with me (we were both boozing pretty hard, as one tends to do in business class). It was a fascinating conversation - this... | 15 | 10mo |
| +30 | A Non-Target's Perspective - My MM PE Recruiting Process ValueBanker14 It's been several weeks now since I received my offer from a top <abbr title="middle market">MM</abbr> <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> firm. As several other users can attest to, the <abbr title="private... | 40 | 10mo |
| +28 | AMA: GS Special Situations >> Founder of a Private Equity Startup powers99 My experience bridges three worlds: investment banking, private equity, and startup life. Here’s my story, in a nutshell: I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin's Plan II and Business Honors programs and was hired directly out of <span... | 103 | 9mo |
| +27 | Private Equity Recruiting Kicked Off? Blue_Horseshoe_5 Heard this per head hunters / friends at various banks. Curious to hear what others have been hearing. Thanks | 101 | 11mo |
| +27 | Ask me anything - Non Traditional Background to MM PE to H/S/W MPG So here I am, the prodigal son returning. I haven’t been on this site in some time but wanted to write this post to generate some helpful content as a way of saying thank you to Patrick and the rest of the <abbr title="Wall Street Oasis ">WSO</abbr> team, as their site... | 62 | 1y |
| +26 | Best lifestyle PE firms in terms of hours work, comp/size doesn't matter Making Gravy Just curious. If someone wasn't worried about comp, wasn't worried about fast progression, wasn't worried about sector, just liked the work of <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> and wanted to have the best lifestyle possible, which shops would you... | 32 | 7mo |
| +26 | 2020 On-Cycle Recruiting Kicks Off sledsonmyfeet Looks like Christmas has come early this year...for some Rumor has it that the following firms have kicked off; post your observations below! * New Mountain * <abbr title="Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.">KKR</abbr> * Centerbridge * Ares * Summit * ... | 113 | 1mo |
| +25 | Do you consider your Private Equity job intellectually stimulating? Wolfofgeorgestreet I have heard on some threads here and in general that <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> jobs can get stale and boring, of course every job has its shit days but the nature of <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> is long term concentrated... | 59 | 4mo |
| +24 | From State School to IBD to MM PE: AMA THE PsYcHoLoGy <em>Mod Note (Andy) - this AMA originally went up last December but @THE PsYcHoLoGy" wrote and said he could still answer questions</em> <abbr title="Wall Street Oasis">WSO</abbr>, I joined this site during my junior year of college, and it has proved to... | 53 | 2y |
| +24 | PE Horror Stories babymonkey357 We thought (maybe just me) that <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> would have none or significantly less of the silly bullshit that banking had. Would love to hear some horror stories of pre-MBA associates being owned by their more senior colleagues. The gorier the... | 60 | 1y |
| +24 | AMA: My journey, from the lab to MMPE Layne Staley I’ve been threatening to do one of these for a couple months, and I figured I’d slam it out while I have some downtime in the office. I’m in my early 30s and I work at a middle-market private equity firm in the Southeastern US. I’ve taken a rather long, circuitous route to get here, and... | 24 | 7mo |
| +23 | My PE Recruiting Process ThatIsNotMyName Post #2: Update as of Feb 21, 2014 It has definitely been a stressful month. Recruitment has fully kicked off for me and I was surprised at the amount of traction I’ve gotten so far. With each interview, my responses have gotten better and I learned to <abbr title="balance... | 52 | 4y |
| +23 | Private Equity Resume Template - Official WSO CV Example WallStreetOasis.com <h4>Attached to the bottom of this post, you will find the Wall Street Oasis private equity resume template for experienced professionals, used by the WSO paid service and thousands of candidates to successfully land a job in private equity.</h4> For those of you with deal or... | 73 | 2w |
| +23 | I'm a VP in MM PE, ask me anything MPG I'm a VP in <abbr title="middle market">MM</abbr> <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr>, ask me anything. Interview prep questions, industry questions, etc. etc. | 165 | 3mo |
| +23 | Private Equity: How to Analyze a CIM Effectively? johndoe89 All, I work at a middle-market fund (started about 8 months ago here) and wanted to learn from someone qualified (associate level or above) who works on the buyside what the best and most efficient way to analyze a <abbr title="confidential information... | 45 | 9mo |
| +23 | Do's & Dont's - 1st Year Private Equity Associate pe-b1tch-hehe There are a lot of posts on <abbr title="Wall Street Oasis">WSO</abbr> about <span class='keyword_link'><a href="/finance-dictionary/what-is-investment-banking-division-IBD"><abbr title="investment banking... | 41 | 1y |
| +23 | AMA: I’ve held Pre-MBA MM LBO, Growth Equity and Venture Capital investment roles for funds with $500M+ AUM to $5B+ AUM TheBigBambino Hi All - I'm ~5 or so years out of college. I did not do a formal 2 years of investment banking and was instead hired out of undergrad as an analyst at a fund. I've worked at several firms in several major US cities. I've worked at one smaller regional firm with $500M - $1B AUM... | 57 | 4w |
| +22 | Special Sits PE Case Study Example Matrick <em>The webinar for this case is TODAY, July 6th, at 5:00pm EDT. If you miss it, it will be replayed for free on the homepage on August 6th</em> Even though recruiting season is not necessarily around the corner, I thought I'd share the below with the community. If anyone has... | 61 | 3w |
| +22 | Would you live here for $200k? InTheRearAndOutTheEar A lot of basis towards each coast and no love for the middle of this country. Would you take a job in one of the flyover states for $150k base, $90k(mixed Bonus) for 2 years then it jumps up VP, SVP ($400k base) etc? Corporate Development type of role with financial analyst mix. If so what... | 60 | 4mo |
| +22 | Biggest wastes of time in Private Equity Intern4ever Want to hear from junior <abbr title="private equity ">PE</abbr> monkeys what their biggest wastes of time are. I have to deal with a bunch of process bullshit, and I want to hear what else sucks up people's time. For example: - When first looking at a company,... | 57 | 1y |
| +21 | Venture Capital Associate Fielding Questions JimmyDormandy <em><strong> mod (Andy) note:</strong><em> this was originally posted in July but he's still answering q's for those interested in <abbr title="venture capital">VC</abbr>. In following the solid threads of the 10x leverage,... | 145 | 4y |
| +21 | MM IBD (Analyst) > MM PE (Associate) > MM PE (Senior Associate) - Here to answer any and all questions! WallaWalla69 Currently a Sr. Associate at a well-known $1Bn+ shop. Long time lurker and first time poster. Given all the misinformation and misguided advice so prevalent on this site, I'm here to (hopefully) provide some real advice to private equity hopefuls. AMA! | 47 | 1y |
| +20 | Starting Post-MBA Megafund PE - Ask me Anything (AMA) butcherer Have a few weeks before starting my post-MBA <abbr title="private equity">PE</abbr> role so figured I'd try to give back. I've been a long-term lurker and infrequent contributor, and would love to help with any questions you guys might have. Quick background... | 42 | 5mo |