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Left LEK recently for pe and everyone that I knew wanted to do pe got an offer. We’re all doing UMM MM or LMM but I know people get MF interviews (I got some from TA for growth but wasn’t interested)
can i PM? incoming at LEK
Investment banking is the best way to get to PE. However, there are way more bankers than there are PE seats so it’s not so easy.
Lots of funds hire pre-MBA from consulting. Yes, MBB is the primary hunting ground, but T2 firms that have a good PE practice will also exit people to PE, such as LEK, EY-P. OW also exits people but only from Private Capital.
Whatever firm you go to in consulting, make sure there are PE exits and get into the PE group and do DD work for a year or so and that should be enough.
Reality is that IB/MBB is better and in that order.
It is still doable though, someone from my team (c.2-3 YoE) left for an MF PE and another to a leading Growth fund on my first day. But especially true for the specialism of the T2 e.g. life sci for L.E.K. where folks deal with larger PE deals more (I’m a generalist).
Have seen a few people do it
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Very doable if you want to put in the time and effort, but most (80%) of people that do it go to MM funds, which can limit your exit opps a bit unless you are sure PE is a somewhat long-term play. On top of that, if you’re doing on-cycle, you’ll end up hanging around at work for months after getting your offer which can be tough to stay motivated and can also change your decision calculus to even leave in the first place since work tends to get more interesting the longer you stay.
I know a few LEK consultants who made that move. Don't know of any OW-ers who made that transition though
I work with a few people from OW at a MM firm currently. It’s definitely possible, but as others have said Mck and IB definitely increase your odds.
More dream than reality.