List of private equity firms
List of investment banking private equity groups
^ Defunct banking institutionLargest private equity firms by PE capital raised
In 2019, Private Equity International ranked the largest private equity firms by how much capital they raised for private equity investment in the last five years:| Rank | Firm | Headquarters | Five-year fundraising total |
| 1 | The Blackstone Group |  New York City | $82,851 |
| 2 | The Carlyle Group | Washington D.C. | $63,802 |
| 3 | Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. | New York City | $47,977 |
| 4 | CVC Capital Partners |  Luxembourg | $47,413 |
| 5 | Warburg Pincus | New York City | $36,557 |
| 6 | Bain Capital | Boston | $35,554 |
| 7 | EQT Partners |  Stockholm | $30,054 |
| 8 | Thoma Bravo | Chicago | $29,880 |
| 9 | Apollo Global Management | New York City | $29,001 |
| 10 | Neuberger Berman | New York City | $28,884 |
| 11 | Hellman & Friedman | San Francisco | $26,900 |
| 12 | TPG Capital | Fort Worth | $25,661 |
| 13 | EnCap Investments | Houston | $21,097 |
| 14 | Vista Equity Partners | Austin | $19,785 |
| 15 | Apax Partners |  London | $18,615 |
| 16 | General Atlantic | New York City | $16,916 |
| 17 | Clayton, Dubilier & Rice | New York City | $16,509 |
| 18 | Permira | London | $16,394 |
| 19 | Advent International | Boston | $16,026 |
| 20 | Silver Lake Partners | Menlo Park | $15,000 |
Other private equity firms
- 3i
- 3G Capital
- ABS Capital
- Accel-KKR
- Actera Group
- Actis
- Advent International
- AEA Investors
- Affinity Equity Partners
- AlpInvest Partners
- Altor Equity Partners
- American Securities
- Angelo, Gordon & Co.
- Apax Partners
- Apollo Management
- Arcapita
- Archer Capital
- Ardian
- Ares Management
- Arlington Capital Partners
- Auldbrass Partners
- Avenue Capital Group
- Avista Capital Partners
- Axiom Asia
- Bain Capital
- Baring Vostok Capital Partners
- BC Partners
- BDT Capital Partners
- Berkshire Partners
- BIP Investment Partners
- Blackstone Group
- Blum Capital
- Brentwood Associates
- Bridgepoint Capital
- Brockway Moran & Partners
- Brookfield Asset Management
- Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.
- Brynwood Partners
- Brysam Global Partners
- Butler Capital Partners
- Campeau Corporation
- CapitalG
- CapMan
- Capvis
- Carlyle Group
- Castle Harlan
- CCMP Capital
- Centerbridge Partners
- Cerberus Capital Management
- Charlesbank Capital Partners
- Charterhouse Capital Partners
- Charterhouse Group
- Chicago Growth Partners
- China-Africa Development Fund
- CI Capital Partners
- Cinven
- CIVC Partners
- Clarity Partners
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
- Close Brothers Group
- Coller Capital
- Colony Capital
- Conquest Asset Management
- Court Square Capital Partners
- CrossHarbor Capital Partners
- Crossroads Group
- CVC Capital Partners
- Cypress Group
- Defoe Fournier & Cie.
- Diamond Castle Holdings
- Digital Sky Technologies
- DLJ Merchant Banking Partners
- Doughty Hanson & Co
- Dubai International Capital
- Duke Street Capital
- Electra Private Equity
- Elevation Partners
- EnCap Investments
- EQT Partners
- Eurazeo
- Fenway Partners
- Ferd
- First Reserve Corporation
- Forstmann Little & Company
- Fortress Investment Group
- Founders Circle Capital
- Fox Paine & Company
- Francisco Partners
- Freeman Spogli & Co.
- Fremont Group
- Friedman Fleischer & Lowe
- Frontenac Company
- General Atlantic
- Genstar Capital
- GFH Capital
- GI Partners
- GIMV
- Golden Gate Capital Partners
- Goldman Sachs Capital Partners
- Gores Group
- GP Investimentos
- Graphite Capital
- GTCR
- H&Q Asia Pacific
- H.I.G. Capital
- Harbert Management Corporation
- HarbourVest Partners
- Harvest Partners
- HBG Holdings
- Heartland Industrial Partners
- Hellman & Friedman
- HgCapital
- Highbridge Capital Management
- Highland Capital Management
- Hillhouse Capital Group
- HM Capital Partners
- Hony Capital
- Idinvest Partners
- IK Investment Partners
- InterMedia Partners
- Intermediate Capital Group
- Investcorp
- Irving Place Capital
- J.H. Whitney & Company
- J.W. Childs Associates
- Jadwa Investment
- JC Flowers
- JLL Partners
- JMI Equity
- Jordan Company
- Kelso & Company
- Kennet Partners
- Khosla Ventures
- Kinderhook Industries
- Kleiner Perkins
- Kohlberg & Company
- KRG Capital
- L Catterton
- Lake Capital
- Landmark Partners
- Lee Equity Partners
- Leeds Equity Partners
- Leonard Green & Partners
- Leopard Capital LP
- Lexington Partners
- LGT Capital Partners
- Lightyear Capital
- Lincolnshire Management
- Lindsay Goldberg Bessemer
- Littlejohn & Co.
- Livingbridge
- Lone Star Funds
- LRG Capital Funds
- Lux Capital
- Madison Dearborn Partners
- MatlinPatterson Global Advisors
- Mekong Capital
- MerchantBridge
- Metalmark Capital
- Mid Europa Partners
- MidOcean Partners
- Morgan Stanley Private Equity
- Morgenthaler
- Mutares
- New Mountain Capital
- Newbridge Capital
- Nordic Capital
- NRDC Equity Partners
- Oak Hill Capital Partners
- Oak Investment Partners
- Oaktree Capital Management
- Olympus Partners
- OMERS
- One Equity Partners
- Onex Corporation
- OpCapita
- PAAMCO
- Pacific Equity Partners
- PAI Partners
- Pamlico Capital
- Pantheon Ventures
- Partners Group
- Permira
- Phoenix Equity Partners
- Platinum Equity
- Providence Equity Partners
- Quadrangle Group
- Quadrant Private Equity
- Redpoint Ventures
- Rhône Group
- Riordan, Lewis & Haden
- Ripplewood Holdings
- Riverside Partners
- Riverstone Holdings
- Roark Capital Group
- RPX Corporation
- Sentinel Capital Partners
- Silver Lake Partners
- Silverfleet Capital Partners
- SL Capital Partners
- Starwood Capital Group
- Sun Capital Partners
- SVG Capital
- Sycamore Partners
- Symphony Technology Group
- TA Associates
- Tavistock Group
- TCW/Crescent Mezzanine
- Terra Firma Capital Partners
- Thayer Hidden Creek
- Thoma Bravo
- Thoma Cressey Bravo
- Thomas H. Lee Partners
- TowerBrook Capital Partners
- TPG Capital
- Trian Partners
- Trilantic Capital Partners
- Trivest
- TSG Consumer Partners
- Veronis Suhler Stevenson
- Vestar Capital Partners
- Vista Equity Partners
- Vitruvian Partners
- Vulcan Capital Management
- Warburg Pincus
- Warwick Energy Group
- Wellspring Capital Management
- Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
- Wesray Capital Corporation
- Weston Presidio
- Willis Stein & Partners
- Wind Point Partners
- WL Ross & Co.
- Yucaipa Cos.
- Zelnick Media Capital
- Zhongzhi Capital
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