With a total of more than $84.5 billion funds under its management, the Carlyle Group has become one of the largest private equity firms worldwide. The group takes on a global vision and combines it with local insight that relies on a top-flight team of more than 495 investment executives and professionals. These personnel operate in offices scattered in over 20 countries, including Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East, Australia, and Latin America. These placements give the Carlyle Group a greater global foothold.
The Carlyle Group focuses its investments on certain sectors. These include automotive and transportation, aerospace and defense, consumer and retail, financial services, energy and power, healthcare, infrastructure, industrial, real estate, technology and business services, as well as media and telecommunications.
In the mercurial and competitive field of the industry it specializes in, the Carlyle Group has a decisive edge over its competitors in that it can skillfully utilize the local insight of its investment executives and professionals. As a result of the Carlyle Group’s extensive collaboration with its investment disciplines that originates from deal sourcing, the firm now has a broader view of more opportunities in investments in addition to a more profound level of expertise.
The firm’s team of investment professionals and executives includes a total of 181 MBA holders, 31 JD holders, as well as six PhD/MD holders coming from the most prestigious universities around the world. The Carlyle Group stands out from other private equity firms due to its global presence and vast knowledge regarding the local market.
Headquartered in Washington, DC and having a total of more than 890 employees, the Carlyle Group manages a total of 64 funds across 20 countries. Its operations adhere to the firm’s conservative investment philosophy, which pushes the firm to strive for consistency in all its undertakings.
