List of private equity firms

Each year Private Equity International publishes the PEI 300, a ranking of the largest private-equity firms by how much capital they have raised for private-equity investment in the last five years. In the 2025 ranking, KKR regained the top spot from Blackstone Inc. who fell to third, behind EQT AB. ==List of investment banking private equity groups==

^ Defunct banking institution ==Notable private equity firms==

Americas • 3G Capital • ABS Capital • Adams Street Partners • Advent International • AEA Investors • American Securities • Angelo, Gordon & Co. • Apollo Global Management • Ares Management • Arlington Capital Partners • Auldbrass Partners • Avenue Capital Group • Avista Capital Partners • Bain Capital • BDT & MSD Partners • Berkshire Partners • Blackstone • Blue Owl Capital • Blum Capital • Brentwood Associates • Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. • Brynwood Partners • CapitalG • Carlyle Group • Castle Harlan • CCMP Capital • Centerbridge Partners • Cerberus Capital Management • Charlesbank Capital Partners • Chicago Growth Partners • CIVC Partners • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice • Clearlake Capital • Colony Capital • Court Square Capital Partners • Crescent Capital Group • CrossHarbor Capital Partners • Crossroads Group • Cypress Group • Defoe Fournier & Cie. • Diamond Castle Holdings • DLJ Merchant Banking Partners • EIG Global Energy Partners • Elevation Partners • EnCap Investments • Energy Capital Partners • Fenway Partners • First Reserve Corporation • Forstmann Little & Company • Fortress Investment Group • Fox Paine & Company • Francisco Partners • Freeman Spogli & Co. • Fremont Group • Friedman Fleischer & Lowe • Frontenac Company • General Atlantic • Genstar Capital • GI Partners • Golden Gate Capital Partners • Goldman Sachs Alternatives • Gores Group • GP Investimentos • GTCR • H.I.G. Capital • Hamilton Lane • Harbert Management Corporation • HarbourVest Partners • Harvest Partners • Heartland Industrial Partners • Hellman & Friedman • Highbridge Capital Management • Highland Capital Management • HM Capital Partners • HPS Investment Partners • InterMedia Partners • Irving Place Capital • J.H. Whitney & Company • J.W. Childs Associates • JC Flowers • JLL Partners • Jordan Company • Kelso & Company • Khosla Ventures • Kinderhook Industries • KKR • Kleiner Perkins • Kohlberg & Company • KPS Capital Partners • L Catterton • Landmark Partners • Lee Equity Partners • Leeds Equity Partners • Leonard Green & Partners • Lexington Partners • Lightyear Capital • Lincolnshire Management • Lindsay Goldberg Bessemer • Littlejohn & Co. • Lone Star Funds • Lovell Minnick Partners • LRG Capital Funds • Lux Capital • Madison Dearborn Partners • MatlinPatterson Global Advisors • Metalmark Capital • MidOcean Partners • Morgan Stanley Private Equity • New Mountain Capital • NRDC Equity Partners • Oak Hill Capital Partners • Oak Investment Partners • Olympus Partners • One Equity Partners • Onex Corporation • Pamlico Capital • Pathway Capital Management • Platinum Equity • Providence Equity Partners • Quadrangle Group • Redpoint Ventures • Rhône Group • Ripplewood Holdings • Riverside Partners • Riverstone Holdings • Roark Capital Group • RPX Corporation • Sentinel Capital Partners • Silver Lake Partners • Stonepeak • Summit Partners • Sun Capital Partners • Sycamore Partners • Symphony Technology Group • TA Associates • Tavistock Group • TCV • Thayer Hidden Creek • Thoma Bravo • Thoma Cressey Bravo • Thomas H. Lee Partners • Tiger Global Management • TowerBrook Capital Partners • TPG Capital • Trilantic Capital Partners • Trivest • TSG Consumer Partners • Värde Partners • Veritas Capital • Veronis Suhler Stevenson • Vestar Capital Partners • Vista Equity Partners • Vivo Capital • Vulcan Capital Management • Warburg Pincus • Warwick Energy Group • Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe • Wesray Capital Corporation • Weston Presidio • Willis Stein & Partners • Wind Point Partners • WL Ross & Co. • Yucaipa Cos. • Zelnick Media Capital Asia • Addor Capital • Affinity Equity Partners • Archer Capital • Axiom Asia • BGH Capital • Boyu Capital • CBC Group • Centurium Capital • China Chengtong Holdings Group • China Media Capital • China Merchants Capital • China Reform Fund Management • CITIC Capital • CoStone Capital • Cowin Capital • CPE • DCP Capital • Dymon Asia Private Equity • Ekuinas • FountainVest Partners • Hillhouse Capital Group • Hony Capital • Hopu Investment Management • JAFCO • JIC Capital • Leopard Capital LP • Mekong Capital • MBK Partners • Northstar Group • Oriza Holdings • Pacific Equity Partners • PAG • Primavera Capital Group • Quadria Capital • Quadrant Private Equity • RRJ Capital • Seavi Advent • Tiantu Capital • Tybourne Capital Management • Yunfeng Capital • Zhongzhi Capital • ZWC Partners EMEA • 3i • Actis • AlpInvest Partners • Altor Equity Partners • Apax Partners • Arcapita • Ardian • Argentum Fondsinvesteringer • Axcel • Aurelius Group • Baring Vostok Capital Partners • BC Partners • Business Growth Fund • BIP Investment Partners • Bridgepoint Capital • Butler Capital Partners • CapMan • Capital Dynamics • Capvis • Charterhouse Capital Partners • Cinven • Close Brothers Group • Coller Capital • Conquest Asset Management • Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners • C.W. Obel • CVC Capital Partners • Doughty Hanson & Co • DST Global • Dubai International Capital • Duke Street Capital • EMVest Asset Management • EQT AB • Eurazeo • Ferd • Fondinvest Capital • GFH Capital • GIMV • Graphite Capital • GK Investment • HgCapital • ICT Group • Idinvest Partners • IFD Kapital Group • IK Investment Partners • Infinity Group • Intermediate Capital Group • Investcorp • Jadwa Investment • Kennet Partners • Kistefos • LGT Capital Partners • Livingbridge • M. Goldschmidt Holding • Marfin Investment Group • MerchantBridge • Meyer Bergman • Mid Europa Partners • Mubadala Investment Company • Mutares • Nordic Capital • Norfund • OpCapita • PAI Partners • Pantheon Ventures • Partners Group • Permira • Phoenix Equity Partners • Ratos • Silverfleet Capital Partners • SL Capital Partners • Sofina • SVG Capital • Terra Firma Capital Partners • Unbound Group • Vitruvian Partners ==See also==