Hello and welcome.

I'm Patrick Curtis, your host and Chief Monkey, and this is the Wall Street Oasis podcast.

Join me as I talk to some of the community's most successful and inspirational members

to gain valuable insight into different career paths and life in general.

Let's get to it.

In this episode, Kevin shares his story coming out of West Point.

We learn why he was interested in serving in the military, how many tours he did in Afghanistan,

why he started his MBA online while serving, and how he was able to land a

role in private equity on a deal origination team. Enjoy.

All right, Kevin, thanks so much for joining the Wall Street Oasis podcast.

Of course, Pat. Thanks for having me.

So it would be awesome if you could just give the listeners a short summary bio.

Sure.

So I am a bit older than most people in my position right now, but that was because I served in the

military for 10 years prior.

So I was at West Point until right around 2010, and after that I joined joined the army I was in the infantry for five

years where I deployed for a handful of times there and then was in special forces in the last

couple of years where I deployed a couple more times as well. All five trips being to Afghanistan

until about 2019 where I hung up the boots and then decided to move into private equity.

So that was 30 seconds of the last 12 years of my life, but that is the highest level I can do it.

I like it.

I ask for a short summary, so there you go.

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