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Brian DeChesare

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Founder of Mergers & Inquisitions and Breaking Into Wall Street and fan of whiskey, weightlifting, and wandering. Extensive experience defeating Sauron.

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  • Get the Latest Version

    3 weeks ago | mergersandinquisitions.com | Brian DeChesare

    If you're new here, please click here to get my FREE 57-page investment banking recruiting guide - plus, get weekly updates so that you can break into investment banking. Thanks for visiting!Yes, you read that headline correctly: We have released a new version of the infamous 400 Questions Investment Banking guide.

  • Top Firms, Deals, Careers

    1 month ago | mergersandinquisitions.com | Brian DeChesare

    If you're new here, please click here to get my FREE 57-page investment banking recruiting guide - plus, get weekly updates so that you can break into investment banking. Thanks for visiting!Consumer retail private equity is so diverse that it almost seems like a paradox. Depending on the firm, a “consumer retail private equity deal” might consist of:A leveraged buyout of a struggling offline retailer. A “growth buyout” of a fast-growing restaurant chain.

  • Top Firms, Careers, and Trades

    1 month ago | mergersandinquisitions.com | Brian DeChesare

    If you're new here, please click here to get my FREE 57-page investment banking recruiting guide - plus, get weekly updates so that you can break into investment banking. Thanks for visiting! If you had to pick a single industry that could be interesting to every hedge fund investing in individual companies, it might be biotech. Of course, “biotech” is not an official hedge fund strategy.

  • Venture Capital Internships: The Full Guide

    2 months ago | mergersandinquisitions.com | Brian DeChesare

    If you're new here, please click here to get my FREE 57-page investment banking recruiting guide - plus, get weekly updates so that you can break into investment banking. Thanks for visiting!With investment banking internship recruiting starting earlier and earlier, you also need to win “pre-banking internships” earlier.

  • Equity Research vs. Investment Banking: Full Comparison

    Jan 22, 2025 | mergersandinquisitions.com | Brian DeChesare

    If you're new here, please click here to get my FREE 57-page investment banking recruiting guide - plus, get weekly updates so that you can break into investment banking. Thanks for visiting! We sometimes get questions about why we don’t offer an “equity research course.” People are convinced that financial modeling in equity research is vastly different from investment banking and that research requires different or more specialized skills.

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Brian DeChesare
Brian DeChesare @briand_mi
22 Apr 25

David Einhorn has warned that the bear market is "just starting," on the back of an 8.2% gain for Greenlight in Q1 vs. a 4.3% loss for the S&P - https://t.co/BXCZZvgggK https://t.co/PUjCiVDXIW

Brian DeChesare
Brian DeChesare @briand_mi
22 Apr 25

EBIT vs. EBITDA vs. Net Income: Valuation Metrics and Multiples - https://t.co/X479mJofxn https://t.co/t06dmA0YQs

Brian DeChesare
Brian DeChesare @briand_mi
22 Apr 25

Nomura just acquired Macquarie's U.S. and European asset management business for $1.8 billion, continuing the "Japan expands overseas to counter a shrinking domestic market" theme - https://t.co/0Mxyv3FS4O https://t.co/38mtozu4RX