Breadcrumb Home INTERACTIVE April 01, 2013 01:00 AM Largest private equity managers Assets are in billions as of Dec. 31, 2012. Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print RankManager Assets 1Oaktree Capital Mgmt.$77.1 2Kohlberg Kravis Roberts$71.5 3Bain Capital$66.5 4TPG Capital$54.5 5Carlyle Group$53.3 6Blackstone Group $51.0 7Apollo Global Mgmt.$37.8 8Ares Mgmt. $34.0 9Advent International$32.7 10Warburg Pincus$30.0 11Partners Group$28.3 12AXA Private Equity $28.0 13Providence Equity Partners$27.0 14Hamilton Lane$26.5 15Adams Street$24.0 16Pantheon Ventures*$24.0 17Cerberus Capital Mgmt. $23.9 18Riverstone Holdings$23.0 19First Reserve Corp.$20.1 20Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors$18.0 21General Atlantic$17.0 22J.P. Morgan Asset Mgmt.*$15.1 23BC Partners$15.0 24Neuberger Berman$14.8 25Silver Lake Partners$14.0 26Morgan Stanley$13.9 27Madison Dearborn Partners$13.0 28TA Associates$11.2 29Crescent$11.0 30Hermes GPE$10.0 31Welsh Carlson, Anderson & Stowe$10.0 32Coller Capital$9.5 33American Securities$8.7 34Stone Point Capital$8.2 35Sun Capital Partners$8.0 36WL Ross$8.0 37ArcLight Capital Partners$8.0 38HgCapital$6.0 39Sterling Partners$5.0 40Thoma Bravo$3.6 41Wellspring Capital Partners $3.0 42Baird Private Equity$2.8 43Pegasus$2.7 44FFL$2.6 45JMI Equity$2.6 46Fort Washington$2.3 47Invesco Private Capital$1.7 48Private Advisors$1.7 49GoldPoint Partners$1.7 50Arsenal Capital$1.6 51Pinebrook Capital$1.4 *As of Sept. 30, 2012. Source: P&I research. A number of larger firms did not comply with information requests, and are not included in this ranking. Related Articles Largest private equity firms rule the roost Adams Street closes Global Secondary Fund 5 at $1 billion Carlyle Group AUM rises 3.6% for quarter, nearly 11% from year ago Providence Equity taps global head of business development Former TA Associates CEO, chairman dead at 69 Rivalry developing in Chicago private equity Pegasus lifts Rabobank renewable infrastructure team Recommended for You Core real estate fund returns show signs of stabilizing Active U.S. equity funds struggle to consistently outperform benchmarks Endowments and foundations continue favoring alternative assets Sponsored White Papers The State of Lifetime Income Report The Next Wave of LDI Evolution Retirement security to future income wins, TIAA brings you the latest financial… U.S. Public Funds Top Performers: Q2 2024 Generative AI Investing: Opportunities at a Key Tech Inflection Point Research for Institutional Money Management: Advancing Physical Risk Modelling,… View More Sponsored Content Partner Content The Industrialization of ESG Investment For institutional investors, ETFs can make meeting liquidity needs easier Gold: the most effective commodity investment 2021 Investment Outlook | Investing Beyond the Pandemic: A Reset for Portfolios Ten ways retirement plan professionals add value to plan sponsors Gold: an efficient hedge View More