The Carlyle Group

Asset Manager Private Equity Est. 1987

Also known as Carlyle, TC.

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USD 441B
Estimated FUM
Type
Asset Manager
HQ
Washington, DC, United States
Founded
1987
Focus
Consumer · Financial Services · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Technology

About

The Carlyle Group is a global private equity and alternative asset manager headquartered in Washington DC, USA. Carlyle was founded in 1987 and has grown to become one of the largest, most well known and most respected private equity managers globally. Carlyle operates across four principal strategies: Corporate Private Equity ($75bn AUM), Real Estate and Infrastructure ($44bn AUM), Global Credit ($34bn) and Fund of Funds / Investment Solutions ($34bn AUM). Carlyle was founded in 1987, originally as an investment banking boutique, by five founders: William Conway, Stephen Norris, David Rubenstein, Daniel D'Aniello and Greg Rosenbaum. Carlyle went public through a NASDAQ listing in May 2012.

Strategies

Public Equity
Buyout
Private Credit
Secondaries
Real Estate
Total AUM
As of Mar 31, 2026 · strategy
$36.3B
Source
Liquid Credit
Infrastructure
Growth Equity
Natural Resources
Special Situations
Hedge Strategies
Firm-wide scale
Total AUM · Mar 31, 2026 $475BSource

Firm-wide figures are not presented as strategy-specific AUM.

Sources
  1. carlyle.com — Consumer, Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Technology
  2. ir.carlyle.com — Total AUM

Investment Criteria

Investment size
USD 75M - USD 1B

Reported investment size. Actual commitments may vary by stage, ownership and follow-on participation.

Investment Stages
Stages
Growth Public / Listed
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
United States China Australia Canada France Germany
Coverage
Global
Regions
North America Asia Oceania Europe Middle East

Coverage is a guide only.

Location

Headquarters
Washington, DC, United States
Office Presence
18 countries
United States Australia Canada China France Germany Hong Kong India +10 more
26 known offices
Washington, DC, United States (HQ)
Sydney, Australia
Toronto, Canada
Shanghai, China
Beijing, China
Paris, France
Munich, Germany
Hong Kong
Mumbai, India
Dublin, Ireland
Milan, Italy
Tokyo, Japan
Luxembourg
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Singapore
Seoul, South Korea
Barcelona, Spain
Abu Dhabi, UAE
London, United Kingdom
San Francisco, CA, United States
Miami, FL, United States
New York, NY, United States
Menlo Park, CA, United States
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Barrington, IL, United States
Atlanta, GA, United States

Fundraising

Latest fundraise
Latest tracked fund close or raise.
USD 9B
Aug 4, 2025
Carlyle Opportunistic Property Fund
Aug 4, 2025
USD 9B

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