Besides i banking and typical strategy consulting ops, what else can a top 5-7 MBA provide someone? Currently in cyber risk but if I go for a top MBA id want to switch paths to more $$$

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So many things - most notably, tech. I’m not sure the exact numbers, but the majority of top MBA grads definitely do NOT end up in ibanking or strategy consulting. Perhaps a substantial amount in “finance” and “management consulting,” though I still honestly doubt that is over 50%. Check out the corporate placement cards of the schools, they are very detailed (e.g. Company X hired 1 or more than one, industry trends over time, pay, regional distribution, etc.). There’s plenty of roles in finance outside tech that will fulfill the $$$ for you - notably VC, PE (though these will be harder to break into without pre mba finance experience) as well as investment management (mutual funds, hedge funds, a whole world of endowments/pensions/etc.). Then the massive world of tech - product management most popularly, but plenty of other jobs as well. Then F1000 management rotation programs (even the big banks have these positions nowadays and actually pay comparable to banking, at least JPM - Jamie Dimon talks about it a lot). There are many other as well, though I doubt they fulfill the $$$ trade off for you (non profits, start ups - yes there are start ups outside of tech -, corporate finance, Human Resources, marketing, advertising, etc.)

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HBS most recent year (only a portion that fit in screenshot). Seems that consulting and finance just hit over 50, though the “consulting” bucket is likely interpreted quite broadly (e.g., most definitely encapsulating what you currently do for Accenture).

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Private equity, hedge funds, corporate herring to c-suite, VC, start-ups. Lots of options.

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