The following are several lists of notable private equity firms based on criteria laid out in each list.

Contents 1 Largest private equity firms 2 List of investment banking private equity groups 3 Notable private equity firms 4 See also 4.1 Related lists 4.2 Other lists 5 References

[edit] Largest private equity firms

The following is a ranking of the largest 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; for a list of those see List of venture capital firms.

Rank Name of the firm Headquarters 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 Capital Partners 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, RI $ 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, CT $ 11.4 19 Silver Lake Partners Menlo Park, CA $ 11.0 20 Teachers' Private Capital Toronto $ 10.78 21 EQT Partners Stockholm $ 10.28 22 First Reserve Corporation Greenwich, CT $ 10.1 23 American Capital Bethesda, MD $ 9.57 24 Charterhouse Capital Partners London $ 9.0 25 Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking New York $ 8.5 26 Candover London $ 8.29 27 Fortress Investment Group New York $ 8.26 28 Sun Capital Partners Boca Raton, FL $ 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, CA $ 4.06 47 Clayton, Dubilier & Rice New York $ 4.0 48 AAC Capital Partners (ABN Amro Capital)[2] Amsterdam $ 3.93 49 Oaktree Capital Management Los Angeles $ 3.93 50 Summit Partners Boston $ 3.88

[edit] List of investment banking private equity groups

The following is a list of notable private equity firms and merchant banking and other private equity groups that currently reside within investment banking firms or have previously completed a spinout from an investment banking firm:

Parent bank	Private equity firm	Location	Year founded	Year independent
ABN AMRO	AAC Capital Partners	Amsterdam	-	2008
Barclays Capital	Barclays Private Equity	London	1982	-
Bear Stearns ^	Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Irving Place Capital (fka BSMB)	New York New York	1965 1997	1976 2008
BNP Paribas	PAI Partners	Paris	1993	1998
BT Alex. Brown ^	ABS Capital	Baltimore	1990	1995
Charterhouse Bank ^	Charterhouse Capital Partners Charterhouse Group	London New York	1982 1973	2001 1989
CIBC World Markets	Trimaran Capital Partners	New York	1995	2001
Citigroup	Court Square Capital Partners CVC Capital Partners Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.	New York Luxembourg New York New York	1968 1981 1979 1995	2006 1993 1979 1995
Continental Illinois ^	Willis Stein & Partners CIVC Partners	Chicago Chicago	1983 1983	1995 1994
Credit Suisse / Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette	DLJ Merchant Banking Avista Capital Partners Diamond Castle Holdings Castle Harlan	New York New York New York New York	1985 1985 1985 1987	na 2005 2004 1987
Deutsche Bank	MidOcean Partners	New York	2003	2003
First Chicago Bank ^	Madison Dearborn Partners GTCR	Chicago Chicago	1992 1980	1992 1980
Goldman Sachs	Goldman Sachs Capital Partners	New York	1986	na
Hambros Bank ^	Duke Street Capital	London	1988	1998
JPMorgan Chase	CCMP Capital (fka JPMorgan Partners) One Equity Partners	New York Chicago	1984 2001	2006 na
Lazard	Lazard Alternative Investments	New York	-	-
Lehman Brothers ^	Blackstone Group The Cypress Group Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking	New York New York New York	1985 1994 1986	1985 1994 -
Merrill Lynch	Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity	New York	1996	na
Morgan Stanley	Metalmark Capital Morgan Stanley Capital Partners	New York New York	1985	2004
National Westminster Bank	Bridgepoint Capital	London	1984	2000
Nomura Group	Terra Firma Capital Partners	London	1994	2002
UBS	UBS Capital Affinity Equity Partners Capvis Lightyear Capital	London Hong Kong Zurich New York	- 1995 1990 2000	na 2002 2003 2002
Wachovia	Wachovia Capital Partners	Charlotte	1988	na
William Blair & Company	William Blair Capital Partners	Chicago	1982	2004

^ Defunct banking institution

[edit] Notable private equity firms

The following is a list of notable private equity firms^[3]:

3i ABRY Partners ABS Capital Partners AEA Investors AXA Private Equity Abraaj Capital Advent International Affinity Equity Partners Allied Capital AlpInvest Partners Altor Equity Partners American Capital Strategies American Securities Capital Partners Angelo, Gordon & Co. Apax Partners Apollo Management Arcapita Ares Management Arlington Capital Partners Audax Group Avenue Capital Group Avista Capital Partners BC Partners BIP Investment Partners Babcock & Brown Bain Capital Barclays Private Equity Berkshire Partners Blackstone Group Blum Capital Brentwood Associates Bridgepoint Capital Brockway Moran & Partners Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. Brysam Global Partners Butler Capital Partners CCMP Capital CI Capital Partners CIVC Partners CVC Capital Partners Campeau Corporation Candover Investments Capvis Carlyle Group Castle Harlan Catterton Partners Cerberus Capital Management Charlesbank Capital Partners Charterhouse Capital Partners Charterhouse Group Chicago Growth Partners Cinven Clarity Partners Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Close Brothers Group Code Hennessy & Simmons Coller Capital Colony Capital Court Square Capital Partners Crossroads Group DLJ Merchant Banking Partners Defoe Fournier & Cie. Diamond Castle Holdings Doughty Hanson & Co Dubai International Capital Duke Street Capital

EQT Partners Electra Private Equity Elevation Partners Emerging Capital Partners Eurazeo Evercore Partners Fenway Partners Ferd First Reserve Corporation Forstmann Little & Company Fortress Investment Group Fox Paine & Company Freeman Spogli & Co. Fremont Group Friedman Fleischer & Lowe Frontenac Company GI Partners GIMV GTCR General Atlantic Golden Gate Capital Partners Goldman Sachs Capital Partners Graphite Capital H&Q Asia Pacific H.I.G. Capital HM Capital Partners HarbourVest Partners Harvest Partners Heartland Industrial Partners Hellman & Friedman Highland Capital Management Huntsman Gay Global Capital IK Investment Partners InterMedia Partners Intermediate Capital Group Investcorp Irving Place Capital J.H. Whitney & Company J.W. Childs Associates JC Flowers JLL Partners JMI Equity Jordan Company KRG Capital Kelso & Company Kennet Partners Kohlberg & Company Kohlberg Kravis Roberts LGT Capital Partners LRG Capital Funds Lake Capital Landmark Partners Lee Equity Partners Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking Leonard Green & Partners Leopard Capital LP Lexington Partners Lightyear Capital Lincolnshire Management Lindsay Goldberg Lion Capital LLP Littlejohn & Co. Lone Star Funds

Madison Dearborn Partners MatlinPatterson Global Advisors Mekong Capital Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity Metalmark Capital Mid Europa Partners MidOcean Partners Morgenthaler Newbridge Capital Nordic Capital Oak Hill Capital Partners Oaktree Capital Management Olympus Partners One Equity Partners Onex Corporation PAI Partners Pacific Equity Partners Paine & Partners Pantheon Ventures Partners Group Patriot Capital Permira Phoenix Equity Partners Platina Partners Platinum Equity Primus Capital Providence Equity Partners Quadrangle Group Riordan, Lewis & Haden Ripplewood Holdings Riverside Company SVG Capital Seaport Capital Silver Lake Partners Silverfleet Capital Partners Stephen Norris Capital Partners Summit Partners Sun Capital Partners TA Associates TCW/Crescent Mezzanine TPG Capital TSG Consumer Partners Tavistock Group Terra Firma Capital Partners Thayer Hidden Creek Thoma Cressey Bravo Thomas H. Lee Partners Trivest Veronis Suhler Stevenson Vestar Capital Partners Wachovia Capital Partners Warburg Pincus Wellspring Capital Management Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe Wesray Capital Corporation Weston Presidio Willis Stein & Partners Wind Point Partners Yucaipa Cos.

[edit] See also

• Private equity
• Private equity firm
• Private equity fund
• History of private equity and venture capital

[edit] Related lists

• Private equity firm articles (Wikipedia category)
• Venture capital firm articles (Wikipedia category)
• Private equity fund of funds
• List of venture capital firms

[edit] Other lists

• List of investment banks
• List of investment management firms

[edit] References