Harvard MBAs don’t want to go into banking anymore - Business Insider
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That doesn’t mean that bright Harvard MBA-holders are leaving finance altogether.
Many young financiers, after putting in their time at investment banks, make the jump to the “buyside” — hedge funds or private-equity firms.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that many MBA students are now only interested in becoming activist investors like Bill Ackman or Carl Icahn.
Ackman’s Pershing Square even holds an annual investing competition at Columbia as part of its recruiting efforts.