Largest Private Equity Firms

The Carlyle Group was ranked as the largest private equity firm in the world in 2007, according to a ranking called the PEI 50 based on capital under management. Carlyle focuses on sectors in which it has demonstrated expertise: aerospace & defense, automotive & transportation, consumer & retail, energy & power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, real estate, technology & business services and telecommunications & media.

The Blackstone Group is one of the largest private equity firms in the world. Fee earning assets under management in Blackstone private equity funds totaled $25.2 billion as of September 30, 2009. It has received a number of awards such as: Global Private Equity House of the Year (Euromoney Awards 2009), Global Private Equity Firm of the Year (Financial News 2006), etc.

TPG Capital (formerly Texas Pacific Group) is one of the biggest private equity investment firms in the world. TPG invests in companies across a broad range of industries and geographies.

Goldman Sachs is one of the largest private equity investors in the world, providing a wide range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth individuals.

CVC Capital Partners is one of the top five largest private equity firms in the world. CVC was the first international investment fund to own a significant interest in the Australian television and media sector through PBL, the market leader. It is also the first and only outside shareholder in the Royal Danish and the Belgian Post Offices.

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