Hi
I was wondering if there was anyone who could shed some light from their experience at Morgan Stanley - Menlo Park and Goldman Sachs - TMT group in San Francisco. I know both the groups are really strong...Can anyone share any info on the teams / people, culture, Hrs, etc
How would you compare Tech M&A vs Tech coverage groups at Morgan Stanley and similarly...TMT coverage vs TMT M&A at GS - San Francisco.
Any help / advice would be great.
Thanks
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Both groups are great.
GS doesn't have a specific "M&A" group, which often hurts their recruiting for those with a strong product interest.
The people at GS are good, alot of homegrown associates/VPs who didn't go to bschool, which makes them bad asses to work for.
MS Tech M&A is the best tech M&A on the group hands down (1/100 would say CS tech M&A) and the M&A group as a whole is #1
MS Tech is argued to be the 2nd best coverage group to only that of GS TMT in SF.
Both groups will work you hard, but the experience you'll get will get you every top tier PE interview. GS is sending 2 to Silver Lake, 1 to KKR, MS is sending people to alot of top shops as well, think KKR, TPG, Blackstone, Carlyle, Silver Lake, has MS representation in 07
bb.MandA.3rdYear
Thanks a lot for the advice. By the way ..couple of follow up questions to that -
Q1. Would you say that MS being in Menlo Park - sandHill road is considered to be stronger in Technology ? Q2. How would you compare the compensation (Bonus) for the analysts between GS - San Francisco / MS - Menlo Park ? (approx. numbers will help) Q3. Also...How do most analysts get in touch with the private equity firms you mentioned....is it by having worked on Tech - LBO deals, MS and GS helping place their analysts within these firms or just directly applying to the private equity firms ?
Thanks
Q1: no, no difference Q2: both pay street Q3: headhunters and GS/MS people/alumni
GS/MS have the most people at hitter shops
I was just wondering what your thoughts were on CS Tech in terms of exit ops and reputation on the street compared to GS/MS in SF.
Thanks
CS seems to have a strong Tech M&A team. It does compete on the same level with MS & GS for business and has advised on some landmark Tech deals as mentioned below :
Numerous other deals involving Nortel Networks, Lucent, KLA Tencor, Varian Semiconductor, National Semiconductor, Fairchild Semiconductor, Verisign, Novell, Adobe, C-Cube Microsystems, Synopsys, Siemens, Sybase, Veritas Software, Verifone, Xilinx,Apple, etc
Hence I feel the team has a good reputation in the valley with the companies & VC's.
However I have heard some bad stories about the culture and behavior of the senior management. I am not sure if that is true...It would be great if somebody could confirm or deny that !
Thanks for the response. What would you say are the chances of moving from CS Tech to a tier 1 PE firm like KKR, Blackstone, TPG outside of the SF area (i.e. New York)
When it comes to exit options...as bb.MandA.3rdyear indicated above...GS and MS have much better exit options than Credit Suisse.
A lot of GS & MS Tech Banking analysts get positions at KKR/Silver Lake Partners/Francisco Partners/TPG/Blackstone, etc Few even get pre-MBA positions at VC firms.
Do you know how CS Tech has placed recently in terms of PE?
Morgan Stanley Tech (Menlo Park) (Originally Posted: 09/20/2008)
Hi,
Phone interview is coming up with MS tech. I understand that they´re top-tier.
What are some must-know deals in the past couple years? Any info on the structure of the group? Is a junior analyst placed into a tech coverage with M&A exposure or is there a separate tech m&a group there?
Culture?
And this group is solely tech right? Not TMT?
Thanks.
the MONK
How did you land a phone interview without knowing what MS in Menlo Park does? They're Tech M&A over there.
nevermind
I also just got an interview. They're flying me out there though (private jet). Any insights? PM me.
Private Jet? Kidding right?
Morgan Stanley tech - menlo park (Originally Posted: 02/10/2010)
anyone know about their phone interview process? technical, fit, behavioral?
The interviewer I had was pretty chill. I was asked the generic first round questions (ie walk me through your resume, what are the three ways of evaluating a company). If you're going to school in a east coast city, they'll most likely ask you more fit questions to see if you'd really want to go out to California. I remember getting asked if I knew how to drive and if I minded relocating.
I work in banking in this area, avoid menlo park if you want any social life
Do you work for a BB over there?
Morgan Stanley Healthcare - Menlo Park Office (Originally Posted: 10/22/2009)
Hey Everyone,
Does anyone on this board know much about MS's healthcare group in Menlo Park? Specifically, I am interested in:
hours exit opps to top PE deal flow quality of life (in Menlo Park)
Thanks!
Apparently they gave jeffrey chiang an offer.
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