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list of private equity funds

Page history last edited by PBworks 15 years, 5 months ago

 

 

List of PE funds

 

See lists from WikiPedia List of private equity firms and 25 largest private equity investment managers

 

 

 

Rank Name of the firm Headquarters Capital Raised as of 2007

(billions of USD)

1 The Carlyle Group Flag of the United States Washington DC $ 32.5
2 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Flag of the United States New York $ 31.1
3 Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area Flag of the United States New York $ 31.0
4 The Blackstone Group Flag of the United States New York $ 28.36
5 TPG Capital Flag of the United States Fort Worth $ 23.5
6 Permira Flag of the United Kingdom London $ 21.47
7 Apax Partners Flag of the United Kingdom London $ 18.85
8 Bain Capital Flag of the United States Boston $ 17.3
9 Providence Equity Partners Flag of the United States Providence, RI $ 16.36
10 CVC Capital Partners Flag of the United Kingdom London $ 15.65
11 Cinven Flag of the United Kingdom London $ 15.07
12 Apollo Management Flag of the United States New York $ 13.9
13 3i Group Flag of the United Kingdom London $ 13.37
14 Warburg Pincus Flag of the United States New York $ 13.3
15 Terra Firma Capital Partners Flag of the United Kingdom London $ 12.9
16 Hellman & Friedman Flag of the United States San Francisco $ 12.0
17 CCMP Capital Flag of the United States New York $ 11.7
18 General Atlantic Flag of the United States Greenwich, CT $ 11.4
19 Silver Lake Partners Flag of the United States Menlo Park, CA $ 11.0
20 Teachers' Private Capital Flag of Canada Toronto $ 10.78
21 EQT Partners Flag of Sweden Stockholm $ 10.28
22 First Reserve Corporation Flag of the United States Greenwich, CT $ 10.1
23 American Capital Flag of the United States Bethesda, MD $ 9.57
24 Charterhouse Capital Partners Flag of the United Kingdom London $ 9.0
25 Lehman Brothers Private Equity Flag of the United States New York $ 8.5
26 Candover Flag of the United Kingdom London $ 8.29
27 Fortress Investment Group Flag of the United States New York $ 8.26
28 Sun Capital Partners Flag of the United States Boca Raton, FL $ 8.0
29 BC Partners Flag of the United Kingdom London $ 7.9
30 Thomas H. Lee Partners Flag of the United States Boston $ 7.5
31 Leonard Green & Partners Flag of the United States Los Angeles $ 7.15
32 Madison Dearborn Partners Flag of the United States Chicago $ 6.5
33 Onex Flag of Canada Toronto $ 6.3
34 Cerberus Capital Management Flag of the United States New York $ 6.1
35 PAI Partners Flag of France Paris $ 6.05
36 Bridgepoint Capital Flag of the United Kingdom London $ 6.05
37 Doughty Hanson & Co Flag of the United Kingdom London $ 5.9
38 AlpInvest Partners Flag of the Netherlands Amsterdam $ 5.4
39 TA Associates Flag of the United States Boston $ 5.2
40 Berkshire Partners Flag of the United States Boston $ 4.8
41 Pacific Equity Partners Flag of Australia Sydney $ 4.74
42 Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe Flag of the United States New York $ 4.7
43 Advent International Flag of the United StatesBoston $ 4.6
44 GTCR Golder Rauner Flag of the United StatesChicago $ 4.6
45 Nordic Capital Flag of Sweden Stockholm $ 4.54
46 Oak Investment Partners Flag of the United StatesPalo Alto, CA $ 4.06
47 Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Flag of the United States New York $ 4.0
48 AAC Capital Partners (ABN Amro Capital)[2] Flag of the Netherlands Amsterdam $ 3.93
49 Oaktree Capital Management Flag of the United States Los Angeles $ 3.93
50 Summit Partners Flag of the United States Boston $ 3.88

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

List of Venture Capital funds

 

See Wikipedias: List of venture capital firms.

 

 

Details about some of these funds:

 

 

U.S.-based firm that have raised (or are raising) funds of $7 billion or more, with comments about probability of selling a piece of the firm (outsided investors wanted...IPO? other?)

 

 

 

 

KKR

2-1. “The most likely firm to sell an ownership stake is always going to be the firm closest to going public,” says someone who helps arrange such deals. So that would be KKR, even though we can all agree that the IPO is a disaster-in-waiting (never buy stock when the prospectus’ use of proceeds section says: “To prove mine is bigger”).

 

 

KKR. For those who somehow missed it, the firm yesterday announced that it will list on the NYSE in the fourth quarter of this year. This won’t be a traditional IPO like the one Blackstone Group did last year, but rather a novel approach whereby it will acquire an affiliated fund already listed in Amsterdam – which will then delist from Euronext with unit-holders getting a 21% stake in the NYSE-listed vehicle. The remaining 79% will be retained by KKR management, which is not (yet) offering any new shares. Here are a bunch of thoughts, in no particular order.

 

 

 

TPG

3-1. Biggest, baddest brand left on the board. It also has a leader smart enough to hold his ostentatious parties in Vegas, where every party is ostentatious. No other firm on this list has had more buzz about a possible ownership stake sale, or had more pre-credit-crunch IPO predictions. Oh, and it’s finally the right time to have a venture capital arm.

 

 

Bain Capital

6-1. This one has most of the right ingredients, but it just doesn’t feel like a go. Maybe if the Celtics had drafted Yi Jianlian and Romney still had a chance of being elected president. Plus, why sell a piece when you’re getting 30% carry?

 

 

Warburg Pincus

10-1. The most idiosyncratic of private equity firms, with a single fund to do billion dollar buyouts and few million dollar startups. It works for them, but kind of hard for an outsider to get his head around. Walks to the beat of its own drummer, and these odds are all about following the crowd. Of course, there once were these three drummers: The Brown Brothers and Old Man Harriman.

 

 

First Reserve Corp.

16-1. Last week, I would have told you that the energy-only focus was a detriment. But then tech-only Silver Lake sells a piece, and industry diversification doesn’t seem as important. Plus, First Reserve’s performance is strong enough to make grown LPs cry.

 

 

Madison Dearborn Capital Partners

16-1. Chicago-based firm known for investing in basic industries? Just lacks the sex appeal that seems to drive decision-makers in Dubai and Sacramento. Plus, carried interest at MDCP is broadly distributed, with no one individual receiving double-digit points (out of 100). Does that sound like a particularly greedy bunch to you?

 

 

Thomas H. Lee Partners

20-1. A lot of these deals are done to help senior managers recognize brand equity, but that isn’t really in play at THL. The firm bought out namesake Tom Lee back in 1999, and its current top dogs are still relative pups.

 

 

Apollo Management

75-1. Leon Black now needs to turn his attentions to something new, with Chris Dodd falling out of the presidential race. And this is a firm that still very much wants to go public. The sale last year to Abu Dhabi may just be an appetizer.

 

 

The Carlyle Group

80-1. They’ve done this twice already — first with CalPERS, and then with Abu Dhabi. Never trust an addict.

 

 

The Blackstone Group

100-1. Never say never with Blackstone, which probably walked down the road a bit with other suitors before settling on China. But today's share buyback indicates that it's moving in the opposite direction.

 

 

Silver Lake Partners

150-1. That was it. Silver Lake isn’t yet big enough to justify another sale, nor are its senior partners old enough. Good to get the institutional seal-of-approval, though.

 

 

Goldman Sachs Capital Partners

Off the board, since it never really owned itself to begin with. Its parent bank, however, can be found on a board around the corner.

 

 

 

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