Portraits of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Berkshire Hathaway investment titan Warren Buffett and investment banker Ken Moelis hang side by side in the Sydney boardroom of investment advisory and asset management firm Moelis Australia.

The irreverence of including Moelis, who founded Moelis & Company in 2007 after making UBS a mergers and acquisitions powerhouse, in the gang gives a glimpse into the culture and ambition of the US-based upstart advisory group, which in past years has scored plum mandates as wide-ranging as Aramaco to more recently advising CPH on Crown Resorts.