The following are several lists of notable private equity firms based on criteria laid out in each list.
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The following is a ranking of the largest private equity firms published in 2011. The ranking was compiled by Private Equity International, which reveals that the world's 50 largest private equity direct investment programs have raised in excess of US$325 billion since 2006.[1] A previous ranking had been published in 2007.[2]
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.
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:
[defunct]
| Parent bank | Private equity firm | Location | Year founded | Year independent |
| ABN AMRO | AAC Capital Partners | Amsterdam | - | 2008 |
| Barclays Capital | Barclays Private Equity | London | 1982 | - |
| Barclays Corporate | Barclays Ventures | London | 1997 | - |
| Barings Bank | Baring Vostok Capital Partners Baring Private Equity Asia |
Moscow, Russia Hong Kong |
1994 1997 |
2004 2004 |
| 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 Asset Management Finance (AMF) 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 |
| Hamershlag Sulzberger Borg | Hamershlag Borg Capital Partners | New York | 1965 | na |
| 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 Trilantic Capital Partners |
New York New York New York |
1985 1994 1986 |
1985 1994 2009 |
| 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
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
Aton Capital Partners
Audax Group
Avenue Capital Group
Avista Capital Partners
BC Partners
BIP Investment Partners
Babcock & Brown
Bain Capital
Barclays Private Equity
Barclays Ventures
Berkshire Partners
BFC Financial Corporation
Blackstone Group
Blum Capital
Brentwood Associates
Bridgepoint Capital
Brockway Moran & Partners
Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.
Brynwood Partners
Brysam Global Partners
Butler Capital Partners
CapitalSpring LLC
CCMP Capital
CI Capital Partners
CIVC Partners
CVC Capital Partners
Campeau Corporation
Candover Investments
Capvis
Carlyle Group
Castle Harlan
Catterton Partners
Centerbridge Partners
Cerberus Capital Management
Charlesbank Capital Partners
Charterhouse Capital Partners
Charterhouse Group
Chicago Growth Partners
ChrysCapital
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
Digital Sky Technologies
Doughty Hanson & Co
Dubai International Capital
Duke Street Capital
EQT Partners
Electra Private Equity
Elevation Partners
Emerging Capital Partners
EMI Equity
Eurazeo
Evercore Partners
Fenway Partners
Ferd
First Reserve Corporation
Flexpoint Ford
Forstmann Little & Company
Fortress Investment Group
Fox Paine & Company
Freeman Spogli & Co.
Fremont Group
Friedman Fleischer & Lowe
Frontenac Company
Gavea Investments
GI Partners
GIMV
GTCR
General Atlantic
Golden Gate Capital Partners
Goldman Sachs Capital Partners
Graphite Capital
HBG Holdings
H&Q Asia Pacific
H.I.G. Capital
HM Capital Partners
Harbert Management Corporation
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
Kelso & Company
Kennet Partners
Khosla Ventures
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Kohlberg & Company
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
KRG Capital
LGT Capital Partners
LRG Capital Funds
Lake Capital
Landmark Partners
Lee Equity Partners
Leeds 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
Lux Capital
Madison Dearborn Partners
Marlin Equity Partners
MatlinPatterson Global Advisors
MCM Capital Partners
Mekong Capital
Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity
Metalmark Capital
Mid Europa Partners
MidOcean Partners
Mingly Corporation
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
PNC Equity Partners
Primus Capital
Prospect Partners
Providence Equity Partners
Quadrangle Group
Redpoint Ventures
Rhône Group
Riordan, Lewis & Haden
Ripplewood Holdings
Riverside Company
Riverstone Holdings
Roark Capital Group
SVG Capital
Seaport Capital
Silver Lake Partners
Silverfleet Capital Partners
Siris Capital
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
Vermilion Partners Ltd
Veronis Suhler Stevenson
Vestar Capital Partners
Votorantim Novos Negócios
Wachovia Capital Partners
Warburg Pincus
Welkin Group
Wellspring Capital Management
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Wesray Capital Corporation
Weston Presidio
The Wicks Group of Companies
Willis Stein & Partners
Wind Point Partners
Yucaipa Cos.
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