Ranked: The World’s 50 Largest Private Equity Firms

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The World’s 50 Largest Private Equity Firms

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In 2023, private equity firms controlled $8.2 trillion in assets globally according to McKinsey & Company, a figure that has rapidly expanded since the industry first emerged 40 years ago.

As large investors such as pension funds and insurance companies increasingly look to private markets, these alternative asset managers have seen their assets grow by more than twofold in the last five years.

This graphic shows the top 50 private equity firms worldwide, based on data from Private Equity International (PEI).

The Top 50 Private Equity Firms

To determine the rankings, private equity firms were defined as those that raise capital with the purpose of directly investing in businesses, covering diversified private equity, venture capital, growth equity, buyouts, along with turnaround or control-oriented distressed investment capital.

The ranking does not include funds of funds, private investment in public equity (PIPE), or funds that follow a secondaries, real estate, infrastructure, hedge fund, debt or mezzanine strategies.

Below, we show the 50 biggest private equity companies around the world, measured by the scale of capital raised over the five-year period ending March 31, 2023:

RankingFund ManagerCityCapital Raised 1BlackstoneNew York$125.6B 2KKRNew York$103.7B 3EQTStockholm$101.7B 4Thoma BravoChicago$74.1B 5The Carlyle GroupWashington DC$69.7B 6TPGFort Worth$55.0B 7Advent InternationalBoston$52.9B 8HgLondon$51.0B 9General AtlanticNew York$48.7B 10Warburg PincusNew York$48.5B 11Silver LakeMenlo Park$48.3B 12Goldman SachsNew York$45.4B 13Bain CapitalBoston$44.3B 14Clearlake Capital GroupSanta Monica$44.0B 15CVC Capital PartnersLuxembourg$41.8B 16Vista Equity PartnersAustin$41.5B 17Clayton, Dubilier & RiceNew York$41.1B 18Hellman & FriedmanSan Francisco$40.9B 19Insight PartnersNew York$40.2B 20Leonard Green & PartnersLos Angeles$39.6B 21Permira AdvisersLondon$34.8B 22CinvenLondon$32.7B 23Brookfield Asset ManagementToronto$31.2B 24Nordic CapitalSaint Helier$31.1B 25Genstar CapitalSan Francisco$29.9B 26Francisco PartnersSan Francisco$28.3B 27Tiger Global ManagementNew York$28.3B 28Blue Owl CapitalNew York$27.2B 29Partners GroupZug$26.7B

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