Is Solomon Partners on track to be the next Centerview?

Solomon partners has grown tremendously in the past two years. They are tearing it in M&A and have started to win huge exclusive sell side mandates such as the $6 billion acquisition of The Bountiful Company by Nestlé. They have been expanding like crazy the past two years; they have expanded to having 8 different coverage groups and recently poached a well regarded business services rainmaker to start up a chicago office and according to the New York Times they hope to have 20 people in that office by the end of the year. Akin to centerview, they also have one of the nicest offices on the street and some of the best wlb and top notch exits to MF PE. I know they aren't fully comparable to centerview in 2022, but share a lot of resemblance to each other. It looks like solomon partners have planted the seeds to become the next Centerview by 2027. every firm, including centerview starts small but eventually over time grows into what they are today. 

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A lot of people at the firm think that we have the potential to become a mini centerview within the next 5 to 10 years. We also have a much nicer office in the folks at CVP...       vimeo . com/392776409

 
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When I recruited at pj solomom they were by far the most loser hardos I've met out of all the banks.  You know your banks fig group? Imagine an entire bank like that.

They think they are "cool" and "laid back" despite the fact they neurotically are obsessed with IB.

This thread only confirms my experience.

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Just look at this...that's how EVERYONE is there.  

 

… I think you’re mistaking us for the guys at Centerview, they are by far more “neurotically obsessed about IB” and are bigger “loser hairdos”. 

 

i gotta push back on this. when you think of centerview, you think of Mark Moran, and having followed him on insta, listening to the litquidity podcast, and watching FBoy island, i can assure you he's not neurotically obsessed about IB or a loser hardo, nor are most of the people at centerview

 
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Jesus fucking Christ this has got to be the most cringy video I’ve ever seen in my entire life. What a pathetic excuse for a bank. It seems like all douche bags who give the same energy as the “best bottom tier frat on campus” who walk around with fake smiles and cocky attitudes to hide their obsessive compulsion with finance and anxiety about being in a dog shit middle market. How dare you even remotely compare this absolute fucking horse poopoo to the likes of the elite centerview partners. You are nowhere near an EB, let alone a BB, and hardly even in the MM. The guy narrating it definitely has terrible body odor, can’t model for shit, is always asking interns to do his dirty work, is a huge dickhead to his wealth management friends, and tries to fit in by talking about “the sports game last night” to which the MD responds which one and he freezes…as he is paralyzed with fear and uncertainty. I hate you. I hate this bank. I hate everyone in that video besides the cute blonde chick. F*ck you guys.

 
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recently poached a well regarded business services rainmaker to start up a chicago office and according to the New York Times they hope to have 20 people in that office by the end of the year.  

lmao the "well regarded business services rainmaker" is an MD poached from Truist... doesn't sound like much of a rainmaker to me

 

The Solomon Partners and SVB guys are like the kids in school who put on overbearing cologne and bowties at parties

 

I think they had a one-person office for Rahm Emmanuel (former mayor of chicago), but he's now off to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Japan

 

do moves like this typically happen? going from a president of a boutique to a partner at another boutique? seems like a downgrade in terms of rank but definitely an upgrade in terms of the bank he's working at. 

 

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