Thoughts on my strategy to achieve my (perhaps Sisyphean) goal of transitioning to Infra Private Equity post MBA?
Hey everyone,
My goal is to eventually work in direct infrastructure investment (akin to BX's new infra fund), however, my background is construction engineering and capital investments advisory at a Big 4. I was hoping to lay out my strategy here for critique. Please know that I am under no illusion that this is a common path or will be anything less than a grueling effort given my less than stellar work experience and the reputation of the business school I am planning on attending, so please do not sugar coat your opinion - if this is a "fish climbing a tree" situation, please let me know.
Current State:
- B4 Advisory in NYC
- Gained admission to Columbia FT MBA class of 2020
- Waitlist: Wharton worth aggressively pursuing?
- GMAT: 770 (Q51/V44) just including this as I know some firms use it as a qualifier
Plan:
Pre-MBA (next 8 months)
- Leverage existing network to schedule informational interviews ("IIs") with professionals in industry
- Attempt to work out a "pre-MBA internship" to start the ball rolling on deal experience
- Study for June 2018 CFA Level 1 exam is this worth doing? I don't have the work experience to qualify at this point
MBA
Fall/Winter 2018
* Continue extensive networking and take advantage of NYC location for more IIs
* Recruit for IB summer internship to get even more deal experience, target firms like Macquarie, SocGen, etc who do a lot in infra is this the right way to go?
* Take CFA Level 2 Exam in Dec 2018
* Apply for CBS Value Investing Program
Spring 2019
* Attempt to do an in-school internship at a PE firm
Summer 2019
* Internship (hopefully doing well enough to gain an offer)
* Take CFA Level 3 Exam in June 2018
Fall 2019
* Shake bushes on Infra PE contacts to see if there is a potential FT job for me (assuming all things up to now have been successfully completed to make me an attractive candidate)
* If yes, pursue Infra, if no, recruit FT IB in infra space and attempt to make jump down the line (which is a whole other kettle of fish as I understand there is NO pipeline post-MBA as there is for analysts)
What do you guys think?
*Am I being stupid?
*Is the CFA worth pursuing?
*Would Wharton give me a better potential than CBS? I guess I am putting some stock in the potential for IIs and in-school internships while in NYC to beef up my profile.
*Any suggestions for additional things I could do?
I really appreciate any and all feedback, and please don't hesitate to be totally candid.
Hope you guys have a great New Years,
JD
Hey jhd311, I'm here because nobody responded to this thread after a few days...maybe one of these resources will help you:
No promises, but sometimes if we mention a user, they will share their wisdom: dazzahc R J Sundance mnakhoul
I hope those threads give you a bit more insight.
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