How many billion dollar PE shops are out there?
Looks like a decent amount, so placing into billion dollar shop shouldn't be as hard as it seems.
Looks like a decent amount, so placing into billion dollar shop shouldn't be as hard as it seems.
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the list below all have funds greater than $1bn, but if they're only hiring a small handful of analysts/associates a year, and over half of 2nd year bankers are trying to get into buyside (complete guess)...so it does lend to some tough competition.
New Mountain Capital Court Square (CVC spin off) Lindsay Goldberg Avista Capital Partners Elevation Partners Golden Gate Capital Diamond Castle JW Childs Quadrangle Group The Jordan Company Spectrum Equity Investors Metalmark Capital JLL Partners Platinum Equity Code, Hennesey & Simmons Fox Paine Towerbrook Crestview Behrman Capital Nautic Castle Harlan Stone Point Capital (MMC) Trimaran Capital
the shops i know of interviewed waaaaay more people than they took. think about it from their point of view... you'll have like 40 people in for first rounds and only hire two. and if after everything, you don't find anybody you like, you call the headhunter to send another 40 people your way.
the headhunters I talked to referred to meeting with an analyst population of over a thousand...
If you want to get into a HF you're best bet is to start in a mutual fund or some other form of Asset Management. Hedge funders are mostly former asset managers. Sure you can break into HF's directly, but it's waaaay harder
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