It should fly there is plenty of money in the market.
Rank
Name of the firm
Headquarters
Capital Raised as of May 2013
(billions of USD)
Largest private equity firms
1 TPG Capital United States Fort Worth $ 35.73
2 Carlyle Group United States Washington, D.C. $ 32.82
3 The Blackstone Group United States New York $ 29.56
4 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts United States New York $ 28.41
5 Warburg Pincus United States New York $ 26.00
6 Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area United States New York $ 24.63
7 Advent International United States Boston $ 23.06
8 Apollo Management United States New York $ 22.07
9 Bain Capital United States Boston $ 19.36
10 CVC Capital Partners United Kingdom London $ 17.99
11 Riverstone Holdings United States New York $ 16.70
12 General Atlantic United States Greenwich, CT $ 15.60
13 J.P. Morgan Asset Management United States New York $ 13.71
14 Oaktree Capital Management United States Los Angeles $ 12.34
15 Lone Star Funds United States Dallas $ 12.18
16 EnCap Investments United States Houston, TX $ 11.78
17 First Reserve Corporation United States Greenwich, CT $ 10.91
18 Ares Management United States Los Angeles $ 10.81
19 NGP Energy Capital Management United States Dallas $ 9.16
20 CPP Investment Board Canada Toronto $ 9.12
21 Golden Gate Capital United States San Francisco $ 9.00
22 Hellman & Friedman United States San Francisco $ 8.90
23 BC Partners United Kingdom London $ 8.63
24 Bridgepoint United Kingdom London $ 7.93
25 Nordic Capital Sweden Stockholm $ 7.74
26 PAI Partners France Paris $ 7.55
27 Silver Lake United States Menlo Park, CA $ 7.40
28 American Capital United States Bethesda, MD $ 7.34
29 Ardian (formerly AXA Private Equity) France Paris $ 7.10
30 Cinven United Kingdom London $ 7.02
31 Mount Kellett Capital United States New York $ 7.00
32 China Investment Corporation China Beijing $ 7.00
33 Clayton, Dubilier & Rice United States New York $ 6.93
34 Citi Capital Advisors United States New York $ 6.57
35 CDH Investments Hong Kong Hong Kong $ 6.51
36 Cerberus Capital Management United States New York $ 6.40
37 J.C. Flowers & Co. United States New York $ 6.36
38 TowerBrook Capital Partners United States New York $ 6.30
39 Leonard Green & Partners United States Los Angeles $ 6.25
40 EQT Partners Sweden Stockholm $ 6.21
41 Hony Capital China Beijing $ 6.21
42 WL Ross & Co. United States New York $ 6.20
43 Onex Canada Toronto $ 6.16
44 Sequoia Capital United States Menlo Park, CA $ 5.97
45 American Securities Capital Partners United States New York $ 5.97
46 TA Associates United States Boston $ 5.93
47 International Petroleum Investment Company United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi $ 5.91
48 RRJ Capital Hong Kong Hong Kong $ 5.80
49 Hitec Vision AS Norway Stavanger $ 5.73
50 Energy Capital Partners United States Short Hills, NJ $ 5.70
