If you could work at one firm for the rest of your life what would it be

If you could work at a firm till you’re 60 years old , what firm would you choose and why?

I’d personally go with Blackstone, Jon gray has been there 30 years and he’s worth 5 billion 

 

Ah yes, blackstone, of course. Possibly the most stereotypically bland hardo answer to this question 

 

exactly. I'm very tardy on my long form post about why people hate their jobs but the main commonality I've seen is autonomy. pay is nice, but autonomy is what everyone seems to be chasing. the only way I know to get that is if you're either running your own shop, have fuck you money (which I consider to be $10mm liquid net worth, possibly $5mm dependent upon location), or have something else you "own" which could be a clientele that's loyal to you and not your firm (I've seen this in tech, PWM, certain types of consulting, etc.).

 

Does working for myself, my family, my community and friends count as an option? If so, maybe that “firm”

 

Maybe the Goldman Sachs. Been here for a while, hopefully will still be around in 40 years or so. Well respected place. Jewish origins I believe. Sounds like a good place overall. Gives back to the community. Invests in its people. Hard working place. Learn a lot. Good career opportunities internally. Nice office space and building. Good part of town. Centrally located in nyc/nj. Good history. Plenty of pros to the firm

 

My own LMM PE firm. I've always wanted to start my own business. Realistically, with my background, I have no shot at MF/UMM, with MM being in play and LMM as a fallback. But if I were to start my own firm, again, the chances of starting a MM firm would be really low, same with a LMM firm, but more conceivable. And I feel like the LMM space would be much more interesting to work in 

 

This is flawed thinking. Jonathan Gray joined Blackstone before it was Blackstone, and that's why he's a billionaire - literally took the reins of the REPE division right after it was founded. Just look at how much of a cash cow that's been for the firm.

I want to join whichever company being founded today is going to be a mega unicorn by the end of my life. That would be following in Gray's footsteps.

 

Corporate Strategy at McDonald's. I think its super cool to be able to decide what to put on their menu

 

strategy role at big tech or preferably my own shop

 

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