After striking out multiple times, in a very fortunate position to be deciding between a top infra arm of a MF (KKR / BX / EQT) vs a reputable MM in more traditional PE (Searchlight / WCAS / Genstar)
My goal is to stay in PE for the long term (at least for now) and potentially B-school.
Any thoughts on which one you would pick?
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Congrats on the great outcome! Honestly, since the two offers are very different, I think it comes down to what you are most interested in: corporate or infrastructure PE. Wouldn't get blinded by the "prestige" of the MF name in this case. Did you find you meshed better with one firm's culture / people over the other?
I actually received a MF Infra offer first, but after speaking to different people, chose to continue recruiting and ended up at a more traditional strategy at a different MF. Infra is a very quickly growing asset class, but I felt that there were more limited opportunities for organic margin expansion / value creation given the asset-heavy nature of the companies.
Side note, while Searchlight and WCAS are both great, I'd personally put Genstar a tier above given its fundraising momentum and performance. Is geography a factor? To my knowledge, they're only on West Coast and the others (incl. infra PE as well) would be presumably based in NYC?
Thank you so much for the guidance - much much appreciated. Really helpful.
Personally geo is not a factor. Any chance I can PM you to ask a couple of questions?
Sure - if you want to go off anon, I can PM
Sure - OP here. Thank you again!
Sent. No prob!
Curious as well
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