The Carlyle Group
Asset Manager Private Equity Est. 1987
Also known as Carlyle, TC.
- 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.
Investment Focus
Across the firm
Sources
Profile sources
- carlyle.com — Consumer, Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Technology
- 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
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
Carlyle Opportunistic Property Fund
Real Estate Aug 4, 2025
USD 9B
Carlyle Infrastructure Credit Fund II
Infrastructure 2026
USD 2.3B
source Carlyle Partners IX
2026 - Target raise
USD 15B (Target Raise)
source Carlyle Partners VIII
2023
USD 14.8B
source Carlyle First Dedicated Buyout Fund
Private Equity 1990
USD 100M
source Related M&A transactions
Transactions where this investor is a matched buyer or seller.
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