Intern Update: Tessa Buchheit

Intern, Tessa Buchheit, working from home

Tessa Buchheit

Analytics and Technology / Applied Mathematics, College of Business, Influence, and Information Analysis

Four Pillars Investing -- Private Equity Intern

An Exciting Opportunity Outside of my Field

Hi! My name is Tessa Buchheit. I am a senior at Rockhurst University and am currently a private equity intern with Four Pillars Investors. I began this internship quite anxious about being in a different field than I had imagined myself in. Being an Applied Math and Analytics & Technology major, I did not expect to obtain an internship in private equity. I am so grateful for the knowledge I have gained and look forward to learning even more through this opportunity. I have already learned so much about the private equity field and have even gotten to implement some of my programming knowledge into this internship as well. I have grown in unexpected ways through this experience. For example, my communication skills have improved immensely through speaking with CEO’s about their companies. I get to learn about their life stories and often hear how these CEO’s have built their companies from scratch. I also have recently been able to apply some of my programming knowledge in creating some visualizations. This opportunity was very exciting to me, as I was able to take the company data and use Tableau to create useful graphics for our team.  Overall, this is definitely a unique experience that I did not expect to be in. However, I am extremely grateful for the knowledge and skills I am obtaining through this internship and the connections I am making in the meantime. Overall, this is definitely a unique experience that I did not expect to be in. However, I am extremely grateful for the knowledge and skills I am obtaining through this internship and the connections I am making in the meantime.