Elite Finance with Kaushik: Private Equity, Venture Capital, Hedge Fund, Investment Banking Careers
Definitive Podcast for Elite Careers in High Finance with Top Firms, Pros & Leaders across Private Equity, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds, Investment Banking & AI in Finance. Each episode features elite High Finance guests, who will take you behind what it takes to be successful in top careers. The caliber of guests & quality of discussion is unparalleled. This Podcast is for current Finance Professionals at various stages of their Career, and for Aspiring Professionals & Students who want to enter the High Finance space.
Host Kaushik has 10+ years of experience in private equity, investment banking & consulting at Goldman Sachs & Beyond- having built 3 market-leading Private Equity Businesses. He is also the founder of Onefinnet, the Premier Finance & AI in Finance platform & largest Finance Network in the world - used by top Firms & Top Finance Professionals across various sub-platforms: AI in Finance; Hiring & Capital Raising for Firms, and Best-in-Class Training; Coaching; Networking for Professionals & Students. Learn more at onefinnet.com
Elite Finance with Kaushik: Private Equity, Venture Capital, Hedge Fund, Investment Banking Careers
Private Equity Partner & Founding Member, Goldman Special Situations PE - David Horowitz
Join the lates Elevate Live Session with the Pros with David Horowitz, Partner at Pine Island Capital. Prior to that, David spent 9+ years at Goldman Sachs, where he as a founding team member in Goldman's Special Situations Private Equity Group, then was Managing Director at Macquarie Private Equity.
Pine Island was founded by John Thain (ex-CEO of Merrill Lynch, ex-CEO of NY Stock Exchange, and 20+ year Goldman Executive), and has a very differentiated and unique approach to investing. Their investment strategy combines an experienced investment team with a group of deeply-connected and accomplished former senior government and military officials.
Elevate is the premier career platform for business & finance careers, partnering with top professionals & firms in the world to provide training, recruiting, networking and advice for business & finance careers.
2:00 - Intro & his Private Equity Journey / Expertise
8:00 - Trying a bunch of things early in your career vs. staying in one area / field / firm
11:00 - PE Job: Skills needed to be successful on the job as Associate & VP
17:00 - Large-cap / mega cap PE vs. Middle Market PE
20:30 - Different types of deal structures in PE: Control Investment vs. Minority vs. Structured Equity Investing & Other PE Structural Deal Dynamics
28:30 - Where are we in PE today - Trends & Outlook
33:00 - What led to your career acceleration?
35:30 - Investor Game: What do you look for in certain industries?
39:00 - Live Q&A by Audience: Rise of SPACS, Good Analyst vs. Great Analyst, Early Career Advice, Common Pitfalls of Investors, PE vs. HF vs. Other Investing Roles
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