The New Shape of PE Consulting: Why Specialization + Scale Is the Model That Wins

Paul Edwards has led more than 1,000 private equity deals. AI took the grunt work, and now Stax consultants are getting promoted faster.

He leads the PE practice at Grant Thornton Stax. Inside the firm, that's 3 to 4 more projects a year for every consultant.

But the one thing AI still can't do, he says, is teach curiosity. You either bring it or you don't.

That's the exact bar Stax is judging this fall in the Case Competition World Cup Undergraduate Track – free to enter, teams of 4 to 5.

So if curiosity is what gets you hired, this is where you prove it. Applications close September 13.

Apply to the Case Competition World Cup – Undergraduate Track, presented by Grant Thornton Stax. Applications close September 13.
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