List/Top Consultant-Friendly PE Firms

Confirming Audax - that being said, these days they've been taking Analysts out of college and promoting them to Associates.

Do you know if Permira (USA) considers ex-MBB folks?

Edited list with commentary around actual interest in consultants + attractiveness right now:

Midwest:

• GTCR - rare / don't see any consulting associates: https://www.gtcr.com/team/ 
• Madison Dearborn - yes: https://www.mdcp.com/team 
• BDT (not arguing over PE/not PE, do that elsewhere) - key "hot" PE firm right now

West

• Francisco Partners - quite rare (1 Associate): https://www.franciscopartners.com/team - "hot"
• H&F - key hot PE firm with tech focus that consistently splits class between consultants and bankers, up to 50/50
• Permira - rare but open to hiring consultants - "hot"
• Serent - former McKinsey founded
• Summit - Growth
• FFL - not doing particularly well right now (last fund in 2015) but does hire consultants
• Golden Gate - not doing particularly well right now but consistently hires consultants 
• HGGC
• JMI - more growth equity and venture than conventional PE
• Marlin Equity - quite rare (1-2 Associates): https://www.marlinequity.com/team/
• TA (plain LBO mostly now worth including) - "hot" - but mostly in Boston - see one consultant hire in Menlo so rare: https://www.ta.com/team#?offices=menlo-park&roles=investment-staff
• Altamont - former Golden Gate - almost exclusively hires consultants

Boston - primary city for consulting friendly PE firms

• Bain - correct that performance nowadays not as good
• Cove Hill
• Advent - similar to H&F - key "hot" PE firm that consistently splits class between consultants and bankers, up to 50/50
• Berkshire
• HIG - rare to see them hire consultants
• Audax
• Parthenon Capital
• Charlesbank

New York

• Insight - "hot" - increasingly doing LBOs - hires consultants in portfolio + M&A dual role
• New Mountain Capital - "hot" - consistently hires consultants
• AEA - consistently hires consultants
• EQT (interviewed there not sure if they have hired) - rare - "hot" but not so hot in the US
• CVC (interviewed there not sure if they have hired) - rare - "hot" but not so hot in the US
• Lee Equity - consistently hires consultants
• Charlesbank - almost exclusively hires consultants but mainly in Boston, not New York
• Sycamore (not sure on location?) - consistently hires Bain & Co retail consultants
• Apax - exclusively McKinsey I think

My picks for "hot" consultant friendly firms: H&F, Advent, New Mountain

Does Warburg consider consultants? I saw a couple ex-MBB people on Linkedin who had worked there and was curious if they'd at least give you an interview if you came from MBB.

Would add TH Lee to Boston as well but otherwise list checks out and looks pretty comprehensive 

So every single MM lol?

Not much to add here, the above comments cover ~90%+ of the top firms for consultants.

That's mostly for their Value Creation group, which has a ton of ex-MBB