Below is a list of notable 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.
[1] In the 2024 ranking, Blackstone Inc. retained the top spot from KKR.
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BNP Paribas Développement Paris 2016 - Goldman Sachs Principal Investments Area Five Arrows Capital Partners[5] New York 2018[7] - ^ Defunct banking institution