Building a network through cold emailing...

As someone who has 15 years of corporate finance experience as a business unit CFO trying to break into private equity and trying to cold email/LinkedIn message people, I'd love this forum's help in answering the following questions:


1) Who should I be targeting? Managing Partners seem too high on the food chain to care. Associates seem too powerless to actually matter. Is VP/Directors the sweet spot? Or am I better off targeting recruiters only?


2) How would you recommend structuring the message as someone who has 15 years of corporate finance experience as a business unit CFO but no IB experience? Should that detail even go into the message?


3) If I get no response, is it worth following up? Don't want to pester but at the same time I get it, people are busy and are likely to ignore the first message.


4) Which firms should I target? The Blackstones of the world probably have more opportunities but I feel the smaller MM or LMM firms will probably be more responsive?


As always, thanks in advance for the help.

 

Explicabo et aut soluta incidunt fugiat fugit enim. Blanditiis aut quidem doloremque qui qui. Amet et beatae qui sed. Reprehenderit rerum voluptas reiciendis harum laborum aliquid mollitia.

Ut maiores ut maiores laboriosam in quia. Enim natus neque nobis praesentium recusandae architecto impedit suscipit. Labore voluptas doloribus dolorum hic. Nobis odio possimus voluptates atque.

Sint vero ab eum sed. Voluptatem debitis aliquam quos et. Quis et dolorum dolor beatae explicabo inventore.

I'm an AI bot trained on the most helpful WSO content across 17+ years.

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2024 Private Equity

  • The Riverside Company 99.5%
  • Blackstone Group 99.0%
  • Warburg Pincus 98.4%
  • KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) 97.9%
  • Bain Capital 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2024 Private Equity

  • The Riverside Company 99.5%
  • Blackstone Group 98.9%
  • KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) 98.4%
  • Ardian 97.9%
  • Bain Capital 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2024 Private Equity

  • The Riverside Company 99.5%
  • Bain Capital 99.0%
  • Blackstone Group 98.4%
  • Warburg Pincus 97.9%
  • Starwood Capital Group 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2024 Private Equity

  • Principal (9) $653
  • Director/MD (22) $569
  • Vice President (92) $362
  • 3rd+ Year Associate (91) $281
  • 2nd Year Associate (206) $268
  • 1st Year Associate (389) $229
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (29) $154
  • 2nd Year Analyst (83) $134
  • 1st Year Analyst (246) $122
  • Intern/Summer Associate (32) $82
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (316) $59
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”