List of private equity firms

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.[1] In the 2023 ranking, Blackstone Inc. regained top spot back from KKR.[2]

2023 PEI 300 rank Firm Headquarters Five-year fundraising total ($m)
1 Blackstone Inc. United States New York City 125,612
2 KKR United States New York City 103,713
3 EQT Partners Sweden Stockholm 101,660
4 Thoma Bravo United States Chicago 74,093
5 The Carlyle Group United States Washington D.C. 69,681
6 TPG Inc. United States Fort Worth, Texas 54,965
7 Advent International United States Boston 52,939
8 Hg United Kingdom London 51,046
9 General Atlantic United States New York City 48,696
10 Warburg Pincus United States New York City 48,534
11 Silver Lake United States Menlo Park, California 48,280
12 Goldman Sachs Capital Partners United States New York City 45,358
13 Bain Capital United States Boston 44,347
14 Clearlake Capital United States Santa Monica, California 43,697
15 CVC Capital Partners Luxembourg Luxembourg
France France
41,750
16 Vista Equity Partners United States Austin, Texas 41,500
17 Clayton, Dubilier & Rice United States New York City 41,082
18 Hellman & Friedman United States San Francisco 40,925
19 Insight Partners United States New York City 40,166
20 Leonard Green & Partners United States Los Angeles 39,645

List of investment banking private equity groups

Parent bank Private equity firm Location Year founded Year independent
ABN AMRO AAC Capital Partners Netherlands Amsterdam - 2008
AXA Ardian France Paris 1996 2013
Barclays Capital Equistone Partners Europe United Kingdom London 1979 2011[3]
Barings Bank ^ Baring Vostok Capital Partners
Baring Private Equity Asia
Russia Moscow
Hong Kong Hong Kong
1994
1997
2004
2000
Bear Stearns ^ Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Irving Place Capital (fka BSMB)
United States New York
United States New York
1965
1997
1976
2008
BNP Paribas PAI Partners

BNP Paribas Développement

France Paris

France Paris

1993

2016

1998

-

BT Alex. Brown ^ ABS Capital United States Baltimore 1990 1995
CIBC World Markets Trimaran Capital Partners United States New York 1995 2001
Citigroup Court Square Capital Partners
CVC Capital Partners
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.
United States New York
Luxembourg Luxembourg
France France
United States New York
United States New York
1968
1981
1979
1995
2006
1993
1979
1995
Crédit Agricole / LCL Omnes Capital France Paris 1999 2011
Credit Suisse / Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette ^ DLJ Merchant Banking
Avista Capital Partners
Diamond Castle Holdings
Castle Harlan
CIP Capital
United States New York
United States New York
United States New York
United States New York
United States New York
1985
1985
1985
1987
2010
na
2005
2004
1987
2010
Continental Illinois ^ Willis Stein & Partners
CIVC Partners
United States Chicago
United States Chicago
1983
1983
1995
1994
Deutsche Bank MidOcean Partners United States New York 2003 2003
First Chicago Bank ^ Madison Dearborn Partners
GTCR
United States Chicago
United States Chicago
1992
1980
1992
1980
Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs Capital Partners

Goldman Sachs Principal Investments Area

United States New York 1986 na
JPMorgan Chase & Co. CCMP Capital (fka JPMorgan Partners)
HPS Investment Partners
One Equity Partners
United States New York
United States New York
United States Chicago
1984
2007
2001
2006
2016
na
Lazard Lazard Alternative Investments United States New York - -
Lehman Brothers ^ Blackstone Group
The Cypress Group
Trilantic Capital Partners
United States New York
United States New York
United States New York
1985
1994
1986
1985
1994
2009
Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Development Capital United Kingdom London 1981 na
Macquarie Group Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Australia Sydney 1994 na
Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity United States New York 1996 na
Morgan Stanley Metalmark Capital
Morgan Stanley Capital Partners
United States New York
United States New York
1985 2004
National Westminster Bank Bridgepoint Capital United Kingdom London 1984 2000
Nomura Group Terra Firma Capital Partners United Kingdom London 1994 2002
Rothschild & Co Five Arrows Principal Investments[4]

Five Arrows Capital Partners[5]

France Paris

United States New York

2010[6]

2018[7]

-

-

Société Générale Société Générale Capital Partenaires France Paris 1973 -
UBS UBS Capital
Affinity Equity Partners
Capvis
Lightyear Capital
United Kingdom London
Hong Kong Hong Kong
Switzerland Zurich
United States New York
-
1995
1990
2000
na
2002
2003
2002
Wells Fargo Pamlico Capital United States Charlotte 1988 2010
William Blair & Company William Blair Capital Partners United States Chicago 1982 2004

^ Defunct banking institution

Notable private equity firms

Americas

Asia

EMEA

See also

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References

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