Getty Images; Shutterstock; BIThe traditional path to private equity starts with an investment banking job out of college.
In 2023, private equity firms started reaching out in July before junior investment bankers finished their summer training.
But at its core, private equity is in the business of making money by buying and running companies.
Samantha Lee/InsiderA small group of headhunters and other advisors hold power over the private equity recruitment process.
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Persons:
—, Blackstone, Apollo isn't, Goldman Sachs, it's, David Wurtzbacher, Wurtzbacher, Wharton, Graham Weaver, you've, Samantha Lee, We've, Jon Gray, Drew Angerer, Skye Gould, Steve Schwarzman, Jonathan Gray, Gray, Thoma Bravo, Atlantic's, Carlyle, Warburg Pincus, Wharton's, Axel Springer
Organizations:
Service, Apollo, KKR, Business, Getty, CPA, BI, Alpine Partners, Alpine's, Harvard Business School, Stanford's Graduate School of Business, Alpine, of Foreign Labor, Bain Capital, Blackstone, Harvard, Games, Wall, Citadel, headhunters, dealmakers, Private, PJT Partners, Centerbridge, of Michigan
Locations:
San Francisco, UPenn, Carlyle, Blackstone, Axel