The Carlyle Group

The Carlyle Group Inc.
Company typePublic
IndustryPrivate equity
Founded1987 (1987)
Founders
  • William E. Conway Jr.
  • Stephen L. Norris
  • Daniel A. D'Aniello
  • David Rubenstein
  • Greg Rosenbaum
Headquarters1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, ,
U.S.
Key people
  • Harvey Schwartz (CEO)
  • Daniel A. D'Aniello (chairman emeritus)
  • William E. Conway Jr. (co-chairman)
  • David Rubenstein (co-chairman)
Products
Revenue US$5.43 billion (2024)
US$2.18 billion (2024)
US$1.02 billion (2024)
AUM US$441 billion (2024)
Total assets US$23.1 billion (2024)
Total equity US$6.35 billion (2024)
Number of employees
c. 2,300 (2024)
Websitecarlyle.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

The Carlyle Group Inc. is an American multinational company with operations in private equity, alternative asset management and financial services. As of 2023, the company had $426 billion of assets under management.[2]

Carlyle specializes in private equity, real assets, and private credit. One of the world's largest investment firms, it ranked first among private equity firms by capital raised from 2010-2015, according to the PEI 300 index.[3] In June 2024, it ranked sixth in Private Equity International's PEI 300 ranking among the world's largest private equity firms.[4]

Founded in 1987 in Washington, D.C., the company has nearly 2,200 employees in 28 offices on four continents as of December 2023. On May 3, 2012, Carlyle completed a US$700 million initial public offering and began trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange.

  1. ^ "Carlyle Group 2024 Form 10-K". United States Securities and Exchange Commission. February 27, 2025.
  2. ^ "Annual Report 2023 | Carlyle". www.carlyle.com. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  3. ^ "PEI 300". Private Equity International. June 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "2024 PEI 300 by Private Equity International - Infogram". infogram.com. Retrieved February 25, 2025.