There is a similar thread to this about BX so I'm curious. Where do people from firms with analyst programs like Ares, BainCap, Vista, and WP go? Large firms AUM-wise with known analyst programs, but it doesn't seem like they pump into Tiger Cubs like BX/SLP/KKR. So I was wondering, where do their analysts go?
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HBS + GSB, other funds, lots of hedge funds ( Elliot, Farallon)
Also someone from WP at Addition Lee Fixel’s fund.
Bill Ackman hasn't hired new analysts for quite some time but I heard someone from WP is joining Pershing later this summer.
You sure you’re not talking about the WP associate who just joined? It was in their Q1 earnings presentation I believe, she had been at Centerview before WP
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