Here is a list of the top private equity funds, ranked by size over the last five years. The top fifty private equity funds in this list account for 75% of the world’s global buyout activity and have a total buyout power of $2.76 trillion, according to IUF.  For the contact details to over 1,000 private equity firms around the world see the  Private Equity Directory.

1 The Carlyle Group $32.5 billion
2 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts $31.1 billion
3 Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area $31 billion
4 The Blackstone Group $28.36 billion
5 TPG $23.5 billion
6 Permira $21.47 billion
7 Apax Partners $18.85 billion
8 Bain Capital $17.3 billion
9 Providence Equity Partners $16.36 billion
10 CVC Capital Partners $15.65 billion
11 Cinven $15.07 billion
12 Apollo Management $13.9 billion
13 3i Group $13.37 billion $
14 Warburg Pincus $13.3 billion
15 Terra Firma Capital Partners $12.9 billion
16 Hellman & Friedman $12 billion
17 CCMP Capital $11.7 billion
18 General Atlantic $11.4 billion
19 Silver Lake Partners $11 billion
20 Teachers’ Private Capital $10.78 billion
21 EQT Partners $10.28 billion
22 First Reserve Corporation $10.1 billion
23 American Capital $9.57 billion
24 Charterhouse Capital Partners $9 billion
25 Lehman Brothers Private Equity $8.5 billion
26 Candover $8.29 billion
27 Fortress Investment Group $8.26 billion
28 Sun Capital Partners $8 billion
29 BC Partners $7.9 billion
30 Thomas H. Lee Partners $7.5 billion
31 Leonard Green & Partners $7.15 billion
32 Madison Dearborn Partners $6.5 billion
33 Onex $6.3 billion
34 Cerberus Capital Management $6.1 billion
35 PAI Partners $6.05 billion
36 Bridgepoint $6.05 billion
37 Doughty Hanson & Co $5.9 billion
38 AlpInvest Partners $5.4 billion
39 TA Associates $5.2 billion
40 Berkshire Partners $4.8 billion
41 Pacific Equity Partners $4.74 billion
42 Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe $4.7 billion
43 Advent International $4.6 billion
44 GTCR Golder Rauner $4.6 billion
45 Nordic Capital $4.54 billion
46 Oak Investment Partners $4.06 billion
47 Clayton, Dubilier & Rice $4 billion
48 ABN AMRO Capital $3.93 billion
49 Oaktree Capital Management $3.93 billion
50 Summit Partners $3.88 billion

To contact over 1,000 private equity firms see the  Private Equity Directory.

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