Hedge Funds and Private Equity: MBA?
Sep, 18, 2007
Categories: Admissions Consulting | MBA | MBA留学 | Wharton
Anyone interested in working at a hedge fund or in private equity, should most certainly read Hedge Funds and Private Equity Alter Career Calculus, a recent article in The New York Times. According to many of the industry insiders sited in the article, if you are already working in a hedge fund or private equity and thinking about an MBA, you may want to think again because the value of the MBA may be negligible or worse. On the other hand, if you are international (non-US applicant) or a career changer an MBA may be ideal:
One thing that is also interesting about this article is that the views of Thomas Caleel, Wharton’s director of admissions, are directly contradicted by the other sources cited in the article:
Talpins is not the only one who contradicts Caleel. Just read the entire article. Caleel comes across as selling something that at least one particular segment of potential customers does not appear to need.
I have seen numerous clients make the jump into banking post-MBA, so the value for both international and career changers is clear enough to me. As to those already well on their way to making the very large salaries the article cites, unless they are looking for a career change, I don’t see the ROI.
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-Adam Markus
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