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Careers

Careers. in. Finance. The Track. (courtesy of Leveraged Sellout). Traditional Route. Traditional Route. The Back Office. The Middle Office. The Front Office. What Else is Out There?. Hedge Fund. Venture Capital. Hedge Fund.

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Careers

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  1. Careers in Finance

  2. The Track (courtesy of Leveraged Sellout)

  3. Traditional Route

  4. Traditional Route

  5. The Back Office

  6. The Middle Office

  7. The Front Office

  8. What Else is Out There?

  9. Hedge Fund Venture Capital

  10. Hedge Fund • investment fund open to a limited range of wealthy investors • “Accredited Investors”: Have net worth greater than $1 million • restrictions on who can invest  regulators stay away • regulators stay away  almost any investment strategy • live and die by absolute return • named so because they seek to hedge risks inherent in their investment strategies • short selling and derivatives similar to life insurance • lack of regulations  charge whatever they want • NAV can be billions of dollars

  11. $1.52 billion

  12. Big Names • Research based: • Greenlight Capital • Baupost Group • Pershing Square • Quant (nickels in front of steamrollers): • DE Shaw • Paul Tudor Jones • Soros Funds

  13. Venture Capital • invest in early-stage, high-potential, growth companies • eventually earn money through an IPO or trade sale of the company • investors pay cash for shares in a startup company • typically high net worth individuals due to riskiness • VC team comprised of people with: • specific technology backgrounds • business or analyst backgrounds • take a role in managing entrepreneurial companies at an early stage • basket of 20 companies : • 12 going sideways, 3-4 marginal losers, 1-2 big flops, 2-3 big winners

  14. People Behind the Scenes • Sequoia Capital • Apple, ATARI, Youtube, Zappos.com, Google, Electronic Arts, Cisco • John Doerr • Netscape, Sun Microsystems, Lotus, Amazon, Intuit • Bob Kagle • Ebay • Tom Perkins at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, and Byers • Compaq, Genentech, Philips Electronics, Tandem Computers

  15. Private Equity

  16. Private Equity • Mix between Investment Banking and Consulting • almost exactly like VC, except • companies have proven revenue • mostly just paper value that’s added

  17. Big Names • Blackstone Group • Carlyle Group • Elevation Partners • Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts (KKR) • Bain Capital • Goldman Sachs Capital Group • Apollo Alternative Investments

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