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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.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-03 |title=The Largest Private Equity Firms in the World {{!}} PEI 300 |url=https://www.privateequityinternational.com/pei-300/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Private Equity International |language=en-GB}}

In the 2024 ranking, Blackstone Inc. retained the top spot from KKR.{{Cite web |last=Beer |first=Helen de |date=2024-06-03 |title=Blackstone holds PEI 300 top spot |url=https://www.privateequityinternational.com/blackstone-holds-pei-300-top-spot/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Private Equity International |language=en-GB}}

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2024 PEI 300 rank

! Firm

! Headquarters

! Five-year fundraising total ($m)

1

| Blackstone Inc.

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York City

| 123,993

2

| KKR

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York City

| 103,241

3

| EQT AB

| {{flagicon|Sweden}} Stockholm

| 99,123

4

| CVC Capital Partners

| {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Luxembourg
{{flagicon|France}} France

| 77,570

5

| TPG Inc.

| {{flagicon|USA}} Fort Worth, Texas

| 61,934

6

| The Carlyle Group

| {{flagicon|USA}} Washington D.C.

| 60,178

7

| Thoma Bravo

| {{flagicon|USA}} Chicago

| 59,060

8

| Advent International

| {{flagicon|USA}} Boston

| 52,939

9

| Warburg Pincus

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York City

| 51,730

10

| Hg

| {{flagicon|UK}} London

| 51,365

11

| Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York City

| 50,039

12

| Silver Lake

| {{flagicon|USA}} Menlo Park, California

| 49,121

13

| Hellman & Friedman

| {{flagicon|USA}} San Francisco

| 46,715

14

| Vista Equity Partners

| {{flagicon|USA}} Austin, Texas

| 45,262

15

| General Atlantic

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York City

| 43,482

16

| Clearlake Capital Group

| {{flagicon|USA}} Santa Monica, California

| 42,941

17

| Goldman Sachs Capital Partners

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York City

| 42,432

18

| Leonard Green & Partners

| {{flagicon|USA}} Los Angeles

| 40,870

19

|TA Associates

|{{flagicon|USA}} Boston

|40,000

20

| Permira Advisers

| {{flagicon|UK}} London

| 37,322

21

| Bain Capital

| {{flagicon|USA}} Boston

| 37,105

22

| Insight Partners

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York City

| 35,285

23

| Cinven

| {{flagicon|UK}} London

| 34,978

24

| Brookfield Asset Management

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Toronto

| 32,830

25

| Genstar Capital

| {{flagicon|USA}} San Francisco

| 32,403

26

| Blue Owl Capital

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York

| 30,232

27

| Francisco Partners

| {{flagicon|USA}} San Francisco

| 29,961

28

| Ares Management

| {{flagicon|USA}} Los Angeles

| 29,612

29

| Apollo Global Management

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York

| 28,552

30

| Andreessen Horowitz

| {{flagicon|USA}} Menlo Park, California

| 28,172

List of investment banking private equity groups

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Parent bank

! Private equity firm

! Location

! Year founded

! Year independent

ABN AMRO

| AAC Capital Partners

| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Amsterdam

| -

| 2008

AXA

|Ardian

|{{flagicon|France}} Paris

|1996

|2013

Bank of America

| Ridgemont Equity Partners

| {{flagicon|USA}} Charlotte

| 1993

| 2010

Barclays Capital

| Equistone Partners Europe

| {{flagicon|UK}} London

| 1979

| 2011[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-11-11/barclays-to-sell-private-equity-unit-to-management-1- Barclays to Sell Private-Equity Unit Equistone to Management - Bloomberg]

Barings Bank ^

| Baring Vostok Capital Partners
Baring Private Equity Asia

| {{flagicon|Russia}} Moscow
{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} Hong Kong

| 1994
1997

| 2004
2000

Bear Stearns ^

| Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Irving Place Capital (fka BSMB)

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York
{{flagicon|USA}} New York

| 1965
1997

| 1976
2008

BNP Paribas

| PAI Partners

BNP Paribas Développement

| {{flagicon|France}} Paris

{{flagicon|France}} Paris

| 1993

2016

| 1998

-

BT Alex. Brown ^

| ABS Capital

| {{flagicon|USA}} Baltimore

| 1990

| 1995

CIBC World Markets

| Trimaran Capital Partners

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York

| 1995

| 2001

Citigroup

| Court Square Capital Partners
CVC Capital Partners
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York
{{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Luxembourg
{{flagicon|France}} France
{{flagicon|USA}} New York
{{flagicon|USA}} New York

| 1968
1981
1979
1995

| 2006
1993
1979
1995

Crédit Agricole / LCL

|Omnes Capital

|{{flagicon|France}} Paris

|1999

|2011

Credit Suisse / Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette ^

| DLJ Merchant Banking
Avista Capital Partners
Diamond Castle Holdings
Castle Harlan
CIP Capital

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York
{{flagicon|USA}} New York
{{flagicon|USA}} New York
{{flagicon|USA}} New York
{{flagicon|USA}} New York

| 1985
1985
1985
1987
2010

| na
2005
2004
1987
2010

Continental Illinois ^

| Willis Stein & Partners
CIVC Partners

| {{flagicon|USA}} Chicago
{{flagicon|USA}} Chicago

| 1983
1983

| 1995
1994

Deutsche Bank

| MidOcean Partners

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York

| 2003

| 2003

First Chicago Bank ^

| Madison Dearborn Partners
GTCR

| {{flagicon|USA}} Chicago
{{flagicon|USA}} Chicago

| 1992
1980

| 1992
1980

Goldman Sachs

| Goldman Sachs Capital Partners

Goldman Sachs Principal Investments Area

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York

| 1986

| na

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

| CCMP Capital {{small|(fka JPMorgan Partners)}}
HPS Investment Partners
One Equity Partners

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York
{{flagicon|USA}} New York
{{flagicon|USA}} Chicago

| 1984
2007
2001

| 2006
2016
na

Lazard

| Lazard Alternative Investments

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York

| -

| -

Lehman Brothers ^

| Blackstone Group
The Cypress Group
Trilantic Capital Partners

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York
{{flagicon|USA}} New York
{{flagicon|USA}} New York

| 1985
1994
1986

| 1985
1994
2009

Lloyds Banking Group

| Lloyds Development Capital

| {{flagicon|UK}} London

| 1981

| na

Macquarie Group

| Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Sydney

| 1994

| na

Merrill Lynch

| Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York

| 1996

| na

Morgan Stanley

| Metalmark Capital
Morgan Stanley Capital Partners

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York
{{flagicon|USA}} New York

| 1985

| 2004

National Westminster Bank

| Bridgepoint Capital

| {{flagicon|UK}} London

| 1984

| 2000

Nomura Group

| Terra Firma Capital Partners

| {{flagicon|UK}} London

| 1994

| 2002

Rothschild & Co

|Five Arrows Principal Investments{{Cite web|title=Corporate Private Equity - Merchant Banking - Rothschild & Co|url=https://www.rothschildandco.com/en/merchant-banking/corporate-private-equity/fapi/|access-date=2022-01-15|website=www.rothschildandco.com}}

Five Arrows Capital Partners{{Cite web|title=Corporate Private Equity – Merchant Banking – Rothschild & Co|url=https://www.rothschildandco.com/en/merchant-banking/corporate-private-equity/facp/|access-date=2022-01-15|website=www.rothschildandco.com}}

|{{flagicon|France}} Paris

{{flagicon|USA}} New York

|2010{{Cite news|date=2010-11-28|title=Rothschild plans to diversify from its core|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/e89c75e0-fb15-11df-b576-00144feab49a|access-date=2022-01-15}}

2018{{Cite web| title=Merchant Banking - Presentation to analysts and investors | url=https://www.rothschildandco.com/siteassets/publications/rothschild_and_co/2019/full_year_results/d1122fd986aa4bba984041e9ba2074d41.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115111553/https://www.rothschildandco.com/siteassets/publications/rothschild_and_co/2019/full_year_results/d1122fd986aa4bba984041e9ba2074d41.pdf | archive-date=2022-01-15}}

| -

-

Société Générale

|Société Générale Capital Partenaires

|{{flagicon|France}} Paris

|1973

| -

UBS

| UBS Capital
Affinity Equity Partners
Capvis
Lightyear Capital

| {{flagicon|UK}} London
{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} Hong Kong
{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Zurich
{{flagicon|USA}} New York

| -
1995
1990
2000

| na
2002
2003
2002

Wells Fargo

| Pamlico Capital

| {{flagicon|USA}} Charlotte

| 1988

| 2010

William Blair & Company

| William Blair Capital Partners

| {{flagicon|USA}} Chicago

| 1982

| 2004

^ Defunct banking institution

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See also

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