Jake Gardner

Senior Consultant at McKinsey & Company · Private equity diligence · market sizing, commercial due diligence

McKinsey & Company

Raleigh, NC · ET (UTC-5)

5+ years experience

UC San Diego

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Overview

Senior Consultant at McKinsey & Company, focused on private equity diligence. Led a cost programme that saved a client $83 million. Ran commercial diligence on 31 deals. Most at home with commercial due diligence and value creation. Home cook with strong opinions about biryani.

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value creationmarket sizingmodellingcommercial due diligence

AdvisingOpen to advising

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Open to advising Series A teams on private equity diligence

Topics: private equity diligence, commercial due diligence, modelling
Format: Async reviews
Terms: Paid
Capacity: One call a month
Best for: Engineers moving into leadership

5 years of private equity diligence. Can review plans, decks and hiring loops.

Raleigh, NCmodellingvalue creationcommercial due diligence

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Learning market sizing - want a mentor for monthly reviews

Goal: Build a portfolio project in private equity diligence that I'd be proud to show.
Where I am now: Beginner
Ideal mentor: Someone who has worked in private equity diligence for a few years
Cadence: Weekly
What I can offer back: Help with frontend work

5 years in so far. Looking for honest feedback, once or twice a month.

Raleigh, NCcommercial due diligencevalue creationmarket sizing

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Experience

Senior Consultant
Mar 2025 - Present
McKinsey & Company · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Raleigh, NC
- Led a cost programme that saved a client $24 million.
- Designed the operating model for a 7 thousand-person transformation.
- Ran commercial diligence on 36 deals.
Business Analyst
Oct 2021 - Mar 2025
Etsy · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Raleigh, NC
- Cut p99 latency on the iOS services from 717ms to 74ms.

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Education

UC San Diego
BS, Economics
2016 - 2020

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