Public | |
Traded as | NASDAQ: CG |
Industry | Private equity |
Founded | 1987 |
Headquarters | Washington, D.C., United States |
Key people
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Daniel A. D'Aniello (Chairman) William E. Conway Jr. (Co-CEO) David Rubenstein (Co-CEO) Glenn A. Youngkin (Co-President and Co-COO) Curtis L. Buser (CFO) |
Products |
Leveraged buyouts Growth capital Energy Energy lending Structured credit Real estate |
Revenue | US$ 3.022 billion (2014) |
US$ 962 million (2014) | |
AUM | US$ 194 billion (2014) |
Total assets | US$ 35.994 billion (2014) |
Number of employees
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1,650 |
Website | carlyle |
Private | |
Industry | Private Equity |
Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Products |
Fund investments Secondaries Co-Investments Mezzanine |
Total assets | US$ 49 billion |
Website | www |
The Carlyle Group is an American multinational private equity, alternative asset management and financial services corporation. As one of the largest private equity and alternative investment firms in the world, Carlyle specializes in four key business areas: corporate private equity, real assets, global market strategies, and investment solutions.
Carlyle's corporate private equity business has been one of the largest investors in leveraged buyout transactions over the decade 2004–2014 (or perhaps 2000–2010), while its real estate business has actively acquired commercial real estate. Since its inception, Carlyle has at various times had investments in companies such as Booz Allen Hamilton, Dex Media, Dunkin' Brands, Freescale Semiconductor, Getty Images, HCR Manor Care, Hertz, Kinder Morgan, Nielsen, and United Defense.
Carlyle was founded in 1987 in Washington D.C. by William E. Conway Jr., Daniel A. D'Aniello, and David Rubenstein and currently operates with more than 1,700 employees across 35 offices in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia. Over the course of two decades, Carlyle has amassed a portfolio of $193 billion in assets under management across 130 funds and 156 fund of fund vehicles and has made investments in more than 200 companies and more than 250 real estate investments. In 2012, Carlyle completed a $700 million initial public offering and began trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange on May 3, 2012.