Private Equity Firm Rankings

Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies. The Apax Funds invest in companies across four global sectors of Tech, Services, Healthcare and Internet/Consumer.

EQT is a Swedish global investment organization founded in 1994. Its funds invest in private equity, infrastructure, real estate, growth equity, and venture capital in Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific.

Apollo Global Management is a private equity firm specializing in investments in credit, private equity and real estate markets.

KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management and capital markets and insurance solutions.

A consumer-focused private equity investment firm focusing on consumer products and services, e-commerce, healthcare companies, and more.

Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City. Blackstone's private equity business has been one of the largest investors in leveraged buyouts in the last three decades, while its real estate business has actively acquired commercial real estate.

TPG is a global alternative asset management firm founded in San Francisco in 1992. TPG invests across five multi-product platforms: Capital, Growth, Impact, Real Estate, and Market Solutions

The Carlyle Group is a multinational private equity, alternative asset management and financial services corporation based in the United States. It specializes in private equity, real assets, and private credit.

Bain Capital is an American private investment firm based in Boston. It specializes in private equity, venture capital, credit, public equity, impact investing, life sciences, crypto, tech opportunities, partnership opportunities, special situations and real estate.

TowerBrook Capital Partners is a purpose-driven investment management firm headquartered in London and New York. The firm invests in private equity, structured opportunities and impact opportunities through its family of funds.

Cinven is a global private equity firm founded in 1977, with offices in nine international locations in Guernsey, London, New York, Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, Luxembourg, Madrid, and Hong Kong that acquires Europe and United States based corporations, and emerging market firms that fit with their core businesses, and necessitate a minimum equity investment of €100 million or more.

Investindustrial is a leading European group of independently managed investment, holding and advisory companies that invests in predominantly European quality mid-market private companies.

Advent International is a global private equity firm focused on buyouts of companies in Western and Central Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia. The firm focuses on international buyouts, growth and strategic restructuring in five core sectors.

Bridgepoint is a private asset growth investor, specialising in private equity and private debt.

PAI Partners is a French private equity firm based in Paris. It is one of the oldest firms in the sector, with its origins dating back to Paribas Affaires Industrielles, historically the principal investment arm of Paribas, which started operations in 1872.

Warburg Pincus LLC is a global private equity firm, headquartered in New York City, with offices in the United States, Europe, Brazil, China, Southeast Asia and India. Warburg has been a private equity investor since 1966. The firm invests in a range of sectors including retail, industrial manufacturing, energy, financial services, health care, technology, media, and real estate.

Oak Hill is a private equity firm that specializes in mid-market companies.

Partners Group Holding AG is a Swiss-based global private equity firm with assets in private equity, private infrastructure, private real estate and private debt.

Alantra is an independent global mid-market financial services firm providing investment banking, asset management, and private capital services to companies, families, and investors operating in the mid-market segment. The Group has over 650 professionals across Europe, the US, Latin America, and Asia.

GTCR is a private equity firm based in Chicago . They specialize in strategic investment in growth companies in healthcare, technology, and other industries. With a team of experienced investment professionals, GTCR has a proven track record of success in partnering with companies to drive growth and create value for stakeholders.

Charterhouse Capital Partners is a London based private equity investment firm focused on investing in European mid-market companies across the services, healthcare, specialised industrials and consumer sectors.

CVC is a global alternative investment manager focused on private equity, secondaries and credit with a global network of 25 local offices.

IK Partners is a European private equity firm focused on investments in the Benelux, DACH, France, Nordics and the UK.

Permira is a global investment firm that backs successful businesses with growth ambitions. Founded in 1985, the firm makes long-term majority and minority investments across two core asset classes, private equity and credit.

Ardian is a world leading private investment house with assets of $150bn managed or advised, in Europe, Americas & Asia.