Below is a list of notable private equity firms.
Largest private equity firms by PE capital raised
Each year Private Equity International publishes the PEI 300, a ranking of the largest private-equity firms by how much capital they have raised for private-equity investment in the last five years.
In the 2024 ranking, Blackstone Inc. retained top spot back from KKR.
List of investment banking private equity groups
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Notable private equity firms
Americas
- 3G Capital
- ABS Capital
- Adams Street Partners
- Advent International
- AEA Investors
- American Securities
- Angelo, Gordon & Co.
- Apollo Global Management
- Ares Management
- Arlington Capital Partners
- Auldbrass Partners
- Avenue Capital Group
- Avista Capital Partners
- Bain Capital
- BDT & MSD Partners
- Berkshire Partners
- Blackstone Group
- Blue Owl Capital
- Blum Capital
- Brentwood Associates
- Brockway Moran & Partners
- Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.
- Brynwood Partners
- Brysam Global Partners
- CapitalG
- Carlyle Group
- Castle Harlan
- CCMP Capital
- Centerbridge Partners
- Cerberus Capital Management
- Charlesbank Capital Partners
- Charterhouse Group
- Chicago Growth Partners
- CI Capital Partners
- CIVC Partners
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
- Clearlake Capital
- Colony Capital
- Court Square Capital Partners
- Crescent Capital Group
- CrossHarbor Capital Partners
- Crossroads Group
- Cypress Group
- Defoe Fournier & Cie.
- Diamond Castle Holdings
- DLJ Merchant Banking Partners
- EIG Global Energy Partners
- Elevation Partners
- EnCap Investments
- Energy Capital Partners
- Fenway Partners
- First Reserve Corporation
- Forstmann Little & Company
- Fortress Investment Group
- Founders Circle Capital
- Fox Paine & Company
- Francisco Partners
- Freeman Spogli & Co.
- Fremont Group
- Friedman Fleischer & Lowe
- Frontenac Company
- General Atlantic
- Genstar Capital
- GI Partners
- Golden Gate Capital Partners
- Goldman Sachs Capital Partners
- Gores Group
- GP Investimentos
- GTCR
- H.I.G. Capital
- Hamilton Lane
- Harbert Management Corporation
- HarbourVest Partners
- Harvest Partners
- Heartland Industrial Partners
- Hellman & Friedman
- Highbridge Capital Management
- Highland Capital Management
- HM Capital Partners
- HPS Investment Partners
- InterMedia Partners
- Irving Place Capital
- J.H. Whitney & Company
- J.W. Childs Associates
- JC Flowers
- JLL Partners
- Jordan Company
- Kelso & Company
- Khosla Ventures
- Kinderhook Industries
- Kleiner Perkins
- Kohlberg & Company
- KPS Capital Partners
- KRG Capital
- L Catterton
- Lake Capital
- Landmark Partners
- Lee Equity Partners
- Leeds Equity Partners
- Leonard Green & Partners
- Lexington Partners
- Lightyear Capital
- Lincolnshire Management
- Lindsay Goldberg Bessemer
- Littlejohn & Co.
- Lone Star Funds
- Lovell Minnick Partners
- LRG Capital Funds
- Lux Capital
- Madison Dearborn Partners
- MatlinPatterson Global Advisors
- Metalmark Capital
- MidOcean Partners
- Morgan Stanley Private Equity
- Morgenthaler
- New Mountain Capital
- NRDC Equity Partners
- Oak Hill Capital Partners
- Oak Investment Partners
- Olympus Partners
- One Equity Partners
- Onex Corporation
- PAAMCO
- Pamlico Capital
- Pathway Capital Management
- Platinum Equity
- Prolifico Group
- Providence Equity Partners
- Quadrangle Group
- Redpoint Ventures
- Rhône Group
- Riordan, Lewis & Haden
- Ripplewood Holdings
- Riverside Partners
- Riverstone Holdings
- Roark Capital Group
- RPX Corporation
- Sentinel Capital Partners
- Silver Lake Partners
- Stonepeak
- Summit Partners
- Sun Capital Partners
- Sycamore Partners
- Symphony Technology Group
- TA Associates
- Tavistock Group
- TCV
- Thayer Hidden Creek
- Thoma Bravo
- Thoma Cressey Bravo
- Thomas H. Lee Partners
- Tiger Global Management
- TowerBrook Capital Partners
- TPG Capital
- Trilantic Capital Partners
- Trivest
- TSG Consumer Partners
- Värde Partners
- Veritas Capital
- Veronis Suhler Stevenson
- Vestar Capital Partners
- Vista Equity Partners
- Vivo Capital
- Vulcan Capital Management
- Warburg Pincus
- Warwick Energy Group
- Wellspring Capital Management
- Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
- Wesray Capital Corporation
- Weston Presidio
- Willis Stein & Partners
- Wind Point Partners
- WL Ross & Co.
- Yucaipa Cos.
- Zelnick Media Capital
Asia
- Addor Capital
- Affinity Equity Partners
- Archer Capital
- Axiom Asia
- Baring Private Equity Asia
- BGH Capital
- Boyu Capital
- CBC Group
- Centurium Capital
- China Chengtong Holdings Group
- China Media Capital
- China Merchants Capital
- China Reform Fund Management
- CITIC Capital
- Cowin Capital
- DCP Capital
- Dymon Asia Private Equity
- Ekuinas
- FountainVest Partners
- Hillhouse Capital Group
- Hony Capital
- Hopu Investment Management
- JAFCO
- JIC Capital
- Leopard Capital LP
- Mekong Capital
- MBK Partners
- Northstar Group
- Oriza Holdings
- Pacific Equity Partners
- PAG
- Primavera Capital Group
- Quadria Capital
- Quadrant Private Equity
- RRJ Capital
- Seavi Advent
- Tybourne Capital Management
- Yunfeng Capital
- Zhongzhi Capital
EMEA
- 3i
- Actis
- AlpInvest Partners
- Altor Equity Partners
- Apax Partners
- Arcapita
- Ardian
- Argentum Fondsinvesteringer
- Axcel
- Aurelius Group
- Baring Vostok Capital Partners
- BC Partners
- BIP Investment Partners
- Bridgepoint Capital
- Butler Capital Partners
- CapMan
- Capital Dynamics
- Capvis
- Charterhouse Capital Partners
- Cinven
- Close Brothers Group
- Coller Capital
- Conquest Asset Management
- C.W. Obel
- CVC Capital Partners
- Doughty Hanson & Co
- DST Global
- Dubai International Capital
- Duke Street Capital
- EMVest Asset Management
- EQT AB
- Eurazeo
- Ferd
- Fondinvest Capital
- GFH Capital
- GIMV
- Graphite Capital
- GK Investment
- HgCapital
- ICT Group
- Idinvest Partners
- IFD Kapital Group
- IK Investment Partners
- Infinity Group
- Investindustrial
- Intermediate Capital Group
- Investcorp
- Jadwa Investment
- Kennet Partners
- Kistefos
- LGT Capital Partners
- Livingbridge
- M. Goldschmidt Holding
- Marfin Investment Group
- MerchantBridge
- Meyer Bergman
- Mid Europa Partners
- Mubadala Investment Company
- Mutares
- Nordic Capital
- Norfund
- OpCapita
- PAI Partners
- Pantheon Ventures
- Partners Group
- Permira
- Phoenix Equity Partners
- Ratos
- Silverfleet Capital Partners
- SL Capital Partners
- Sofina
- SVG Capital
- Terra Firma Capital Partners
- Unbound Group
- Vitruvian Partners
See also
- Private equity
- Private-equity firm
- Private-equity fund
- History of private equity and venture capital
- Sovereign wealth fund
- List of exchange-traded funds
Related lists
- Private-equity firm articles (Misplaced Pages category)
- Venture capital firm articles (Misplaced Pages category)
- Private-equity fund of funds
- List of venture capital firms
- List of real estate investment firms
- Sovereign wealth fund
Other lists
- List of hedge funds
- List of investment banks
- List of asset management firms
- Boutique investment bank
References
- "The Largest Private Equity Firms in the World | PEI 300". Private Equity International. 2024-06-03. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
- Beer, Helen de (2024-06-03). "Blackstone holds PEI 300 top spot". Private Equity International. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
- Barclays to Sell Private-Equity Unit Equistone to Management - Bloomberg
- "Corporate Private Equity - Merchant Banking - Rothschild & Co". www.rothschildandco.com. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- "Corporate Private Equity – Merchant Banking – Rothschild & Co". www.rothschildandco.com. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- "Rothschild plans to diversify from its core". Financial Times. 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- https://www.rothschildandco.com/siteassets/publications/rothschild_and_co/2019/full_year_results/d1122fd986aa4bba984041e9ba2074d41.pdf
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