# Ep. 39 - Breaking Into Banking, Private Equity & Corporate Development

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Podcast: [The Coffee Chat by Adventis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-coffee-chat-by-adventis-7038552)
Published: 2026-01-05T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-coffee-chat/episodes/Ep--39---Breaking-Into-Banking--Private-Equity--Corporate-Development-e3c60in
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Duration seconds: 2210

## Resource

In this episode of The Coffee Chat, Ben sits down with Jay, a Michigan State alum whose career path spans investment banking at Wells Fargo, private equity at Huron Capital, and now corporate development at Perrigo. Jay shares how he broke into investment banking from a non-target school, how he outperformed during his internship (including being staffed solo on a live deal), and how early modeling training through Adventis gave him an edge.Sign up for the Adventis Financial Modeling Certification (FMC) program at https://adventiscg.com --- Edited by Jamie Regan ( ⁠CreatedByRegan⁠ ) Hosted by Ben Dowell Guest: Jay Burzych

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