Leveraging Chicago Booth Resources to ‘Career-Switch’ into Private Equity

In this episode, Chicago Booth alum Mike Vander Roest, vice president of Baird Principal Group, discusses his experience successfully switching into a private equity career. Mike explains how his experiences at Booth, including his internship in the PE/VC Lab and participation on a winning team of the inaugural Ox-Chi challenge, convinced him that private equity was the path he wanted to pursue. Mike provides his advice for those considering a career in PE, including his interview experience as a career-changer and the importance of networking.