Recently Matt Marsh, an Associate in our firm, was admitted to Wharton's combined MBA and "Lauder" international relations program.
Matt is an exceptionally deserving candidate whose career will be a credit to his business school.
Dan Harrison, a former analyst in our firm who now works for Zions Bank, was also just admitted to Wharton.
Finally, Scott Holley, another former analyst at Thorpe Capital was recently admitted to Harvard Business School.
Working at Thorpe Capital certainly didn't make these folks eligible for admission to the best business schools in the country, but I'm sure happy it didn't get in the way!
Traditionally, a two to three year investment banking stretch is considered great preparation for business school. Of course, the relevence varies depending upon the career path you might be seeking after business school, but the reason that banking is considered such a good preparation, I believe, is that the issues addressed by bankers are supremely strategic and typically only happen at "the C-level."
Very few young investment bankers grow up to be senior investment bankers; most go on to other (better?) things.
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