PJT Partners Deck
How does PJT's origin story differ from boutiques like Moelis or Centerview, and why is that a useful interview point?
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Most elite boutiques were built organically: a famous banker leaves a big firm and hires outward from zero. PJT inverted that — it launched in 2015 already at scale, because it fused Taubman's…
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