What would my path to Blackstone be?
No I'm not an intern...
I currently work at a $40B+ AUM allocator/direct owner as a portfolio management associate in a HCOL city. I'm early 30's with about 5 years of RE experience, incl 6 months of institutional experience at my current shop and 3 years at a smaller operator working as a generalist.
I don't meet the traditional requirements of the typical recruit (never did on-cycle recruiting or IB, and didn't go to a target). I did well academically and am currently in a seat at a recognizable firm (we transact with Blackstone, either through acquisitions or financing).
What would be my best path to landing a seat at Blackstone? Would I be an outlier if I were to come in as, say, a 35-year old MBA associate? Could I come in as a 40-year old VP after a stint as a VP at a smaller institutional firm?
I'm sure the "MD at a smaller allocator" route has a much better value proposition - I'm just curious about the BS route.
Why do you want to work at blackstone so badly? Plenty of other MF / other UMM? Is a prestige thing. Know people who work there / similar firms and they all hate their life lol
Only an analyst,so will refer to others with more exp, but maybe as a vp. Most likely path would be a director transfer.
It's honestly 97% hypothetical. I'm at a pretty strong institutional firm but it still feels like there's a divide between us and the MF firms, and even between a MF and Blackstone. Just curious if a background like mine could realistically get a seat there. And the other 3% would be me sort of going for it.
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