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Fundraising surge propels top 50 private equity firms to new heights

The largest 50 private equity firms in the world have enjoyed a fundraising bonanza over the past year, according to the PEI 50, a ranking of private equity firms produced by Private Equit

The largest 50 private equity firms in the world have enjoyed a fundraising bonanza over the past year, according to the PEI 50, a ranking of private equity firms produced by Private Equity International magazine.

The top 50 firms have raised some USD810bn billion in private equity direct investment capital over the past five years. This is up markedly from the USD551bn billion by the 50 largest firms during the five years leading up to April 2007.

‘This year’s rankings were significantly influenced by the strengthened euro, as well as by investor interest in energy-sector and turnaround strategies,’ says David Snow, executive editor and director of PEI Media.

This year’s PEI 50 firms are:

1 The Carlyle Group
2 Goldman Sachs Principal Investments
3 TPG
4 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
5 CVC Capital Partners
6 Apollo Management
7 Bain Capital
8 Permira
9 Apax Partners
10 The Blackstone Group
11 Warburg Pincus
12 3i Group
13 Advent International
14 Terra Firma Capital Partners
15 American Capital
16 Providence Equity Partners
17 Silver Lake
18 Cerberus Capital Management
19 AIG Investments
20 Fortress Investment Group
21 General Atlantic
22 PAI partners
23 First Reserve Corporation
24 EQT Partners
25 Hellman & Friedman
26 Cinven
27 Bridgepoint
28 Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
29 Teachers’ Private Capital
30 Charterhouse Capital Partners
31 Lehman Brothers Private Equity
32 Thomas H. Lee Partners
33 BC Partners
34 Axa Private Equity
35 NGP Energy Capital Management
36 Oaktree Capital Management
37 Marfin Investment Group
38 Sun Capital Partners
39 Doughty Hanson
40 JC Flowers
41 TA Associates
42 Eurazeo
43 New Mountain Capital
44 MatlinPatterson
45 WL Ross
46 EnCap Investments
47 Madison Dearborn Partners
48 Barclays Private Equity
49 Onex
50 Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

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