In its second year of ranking buyout shops by the amount of capital raised in the last five year, Private Equity International named Carlyle the leader with $52 billion in new funds under management. Rounding out the top five were Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area with $49 billion, TPG Capital with $48.75 billion, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. with $36.84 billion and CVC Capital Partners with $32.82 billion.
Overall, PEI says the top 50 private equity firms in its survey have raised an impressive $810 billion of new capital in the last five years. The survey's result, which include total's only through the Jan. 1, 2008, are likely to see higher totals in the 2009 edition as well as some new names at the top.
KKR has been hard at work raising new money, closing on an estimated $27 billion in new capital this year, more than half of which is already invested. Other large fund closings include Warburg Pincus with $15 billion, Advent International with multiple vehicles totaling $11.4 billion and Silver Lake's $9.3 billion limited partnership. - George White
See PEI survey
See Dealwatch on PE & VC fundraising
See TheDeal.com story on KKR
See TheDeal.com story on Warburg Pincus
See TheDeal.com story on Advent
