The 10 largest PE firms
The 10 largest private equity firms ranked by assets under management as of Dec. 31, 2012.
P&I Research Center
P&I
$32.9 billionPictured: David Mussafer, managing partner and co-chairman of executive committee
Assets: $75.2 billionPictured: Tony Ressler
Bloomberg
Leon Black is chairman and CEO of Apollo Global Management.
Assets: $146 billionPictured: Stephen Schwarzman
David Rubenstein
P&I
$54.5 billionPictured: James Coulter, co-founder
Stephen Pagliuca, a managing partner at Bain Capital, is one of two money managers that are lead owners in the Boston Celtics of the NBA. The other co-owner is Wycliffe "Wyc" Grousbeck, a former partner at venture capital firm Highland Capital Partners.
Assets: $98.6 billionPictured: Henry Kravis
P&I
$77.1 billionPictured: Howard Marks, founder
