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List of private equity firms

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The following is a list of private equity firms. The ranking was compiled by Private equity international, which reveals that the world's 50 largest private equity direct investment programs have raised a total of US$551 billion since 2002. [1]

The list includes very few venture capital firms which tend to be smaller than their leveraged buyout counterparts.

Rank Name of the firm Head Quarters Capital Raised as of 2007
(billions of USD)
1 The Carlyle Group Washington DC $ 32.5
2 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts New York $ 31.1
3 Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area New York $ 31.0
4 The Blackstone Group New York $ 28.36
5 TPG Capital Fort Worth $ 23.5
6 Permira London $ 21.47
7 Apax Partners London $ 18.85
8 Bain Capital Boston $ 17.3
9 Providence Equity Partners Providence $ 16.36
10 CVC Capital Partners London $ 15.65
11 Cinven London $ 15.07
12 Apollo Management New York $ 13.9
13 3i Group London $ 13.37
14 Warburg Pincus New York $ 13.3
15 Terra Firma Capital Partners London $ 12.9
16 Hellman & Friedman San Francisco $ 12.0
17 CCMP Capital New York $ 11.7
18 General Atlantic Greenwich $ 11.4
19 Silver Lake Partners Menlo Park $ 11.0
20 Teachers' Private Capital Toronto $ 10.78
21 EQT Partners Stockholm $ 10.28
22 First Reserve Corporation Greenwich $ 10.1
23 American Capital Bethesda $ 9.57
24 Charterhouse Capital Partners London $ 9.0
25 Lehman Brothers Private Equity New York $ 8.5
26 Candover London $ 8.29
27 Fortress Investment Group New York $ 8.26
28 Sun Capital Partners Boca Raton $ 8.0
29 BC Partners London $ 7.9
30 Thomas H. Lee Partners Boston $ 7.5
31 Leonard Green & Partners Los Angeles $ 7.15
32 Madison Dearborn Partners Chicago $ 6.5
33 Onex Toronto $ 6.3
34 Cerberus Capital Management New York $ 6.1
35 PAI Partners Paris $ 6.05
36 Bridgepoint Capital London $ 6.05
37 Doughty Hanson & Co London $ 5.9
38 AlpInvest Partners Amsterdam $ 5.4
39 TA Associates Boston $ 5.2
40 Berkshire Partners Boston $ 4.8
41 Pacific Equity Partners Sydney $ 4.74
42 Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe New York $ 4.7
43 Advent International Boston $ 4.6
44 GTCR Golder Rauner Chicago $ 4.6
45 Nordic Capital Stockholm $ 4.54
46 Oak Investment Partners Palo Alto $ 4.06
47 Clayton, Dubilier & Rice New York $ 4.0
48 AAC Capital Partners (ABN Amro Capital)[1] Amsterdam $ 3.93
49 Oaktree Capital Management Los Angeles $ 3.93
50 Summit Partners Boston $ 3.88

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[edit] References

  1. ^ AAC Capital Partners was formerly ABN Amro Capital Partners. Separated as of September 17, 2007. Press Release:Launch of AAC Capital Partners
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