If You Had to Rank the Prestige of All of the Finance/Business Professions, What Would The List Look Like?

Tier I: 1) PE Megafund (KKR, BX, Apollo, etc.) 2) Top Hedge Fund (Bridgewater, AQR, Citadel, etc.)

Tier II: 3) BB Investment Banker (Goldman, JPM, Morgan Stanley, etc.) 4) MBB Consultant (McKinsey, Bain, BCG) 5) MM Private Equity (New Mountain Capital, MidOcean Partners, etc.) 6) Tier I Asset Management (PIMCO, DFA, BlackRock) 7) Successful Regional HF (Firms with $7.5-$15B AUM)

Tier III: 8) Top RE Fund (Brookfield, Starwood, OakTree) 9) MM Investment Bankers (Wells Fargo, Stifel, Raymond James, etc.) 10) Tier II Management/Strategy/Economic Consultants (Oliver Wyman, Accenture, FTI, BRG) 11) Corporate Development (M&A / Divestitures) at a F500 12) Top REIT/Solid REPE Fund (JBG Smith, $2.5B - $10B REPE Funds) 13) Successful Quant Traders (SIG, Belvedere, Akuna 14) Corporate Finance (FP&A) at a Blue Chip (Facebook, Amazon, Walmart)

Tier IV: 15) Tier I PWM (Merill Lynch, BYN Mellon, TIAA) 16) Namebrand Commercial/Corporate Bank (JPM, Silicon Valley Bank, Capital One) 17) Botique PE/HF 19) Middle Office at a BB (Risk, Treasury, etc.) 20) Botique IB 21) Botique Consulting Firm

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  1. MD of Russian Gulag
  2. VP of Russian Gulag
  3. Associate of Russian Gulag
  4. Analyst of Russian Gulag
  5. KGB
  6. Spetsnaz

    Huge drop-off from there

 
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MM Private equity before top AM (fidelity, pimco etc.) is simply non sense. On my opinion it would be at same level as BB IB or even in tier I. Those positions are much more difficult to get and when becoming a Portfolio Manager (if you are a rockstar one) in those firms you can be much better paid than a MD in IB.

 

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