SA positions at KKR, Carlyle, etc

out of all the big PE firms only Blackstone recruits at my school, are there SA positions that convert to FT for KKR, other big PE firms? I'd assume theyre difficult to get if theyre available but do they do any recruiting at all or would you need to know someone? thanks!

also how would an SA at KKR set you up for FT recruiting at BBs if you would rather do something more general before moving to PE/HF? Does it look better, worse than BB SA? thanks!

 
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it appears that KKR recruits SAs in asset management at Penn and Princeton undergrad (based on a two second google search)

found this bio on the KKR website: he is a CFA, CPA, JD and MBA, holy mole that's a ton of letters behind your name...

Geoff has a B.A. from Vanderbilt University in Economics, a J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law, and an M.B.A. with high honors from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and a C.F.A. Charterholder.

 
MichaelHutchens:
it appears that KKR recruits SAs in asset management at Penn and Princeton undergrad (based on a two second google search)

found this bio on the KKR website: he is a CFA, CPA, JD and MBA, holy mole that's a ton of letters behind your name...

Geoff has a B.A. from Vanderbilt University in Economics, a J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law, and an M.B.A. with high honors from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and a C.F.A. Charterholder.

Don't forget this guy is approximately 62,000 years old.

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
 

This guy from Carlyle has the most impressive background I've seen yet far.

"Wayne Wen-Tsui Tsou Managing Director Hong Kong

Mr. Tsou holds a Juris Doctor from the Harvard Law School, an MBA from the Harvard Business School, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology (“Caltech”), and a Bachelor of Science summa cum laude in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan."

Apparently all those by 37. That's just nauseating.

 
hiit:
This guy from Carlyle has the most impressive background I've seen yet far.

"Wayne Wen-Tsui Tsou Managing Director Hong Kong

Mr. Tsou holds a Juris Doctor from the Harvard Law School, an MBA from the Harvard Business School, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology (“Caltech”), and a Bachelor of Science summa cum laude in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan."

Apparently all those by 37. That's just nauseating.

Haha, wow. I don't know how to respond.

 

he does have degrees from top programs and I am sure he has worked at top firms...

anyway a cool and impressive resume item would be a captain of a navy seals team. lol can you imagine the interview: so... tell me a time you faced a challenge...

or if you had to interview Tom Brady or Obama or some shit. Hm.. says here in your resume you were the President of the United States... how was that?

 

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