The Carlyle Group is a global alternative asset manager with $148 billion in assets under management in 89 active funds and 52 fund of fund vehicles investing in Corporate Private
Equity, Real Assets, Global Market Strategies and Fund of Funds Solutions as of September 30, 2011. Carlyle combines global vision with local insight, relying on a top-flight team of 500+ investment professionals operating out of 33 offices to uncover superior opportunities in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North America.
While open to opportunities wherever they can be found, Carlyle focuses on sectors in which it has demonstrated expertise: aerospace, defense & government services, consumer & retail, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial, real estate, technology & business services, telecommunications & media and transportation.
In a world awash with information, insight is often in short supply. Carlyle's edge is its ability to leverage the local insight of its investment professionals, collaborating across the firm's investment disciplines from deal sourcing and due diligence through portfolio company development. The result: a broader view of potential investment opportunities and deeper level of expertise, creating value for Carlyle portfolio companies. Since its founding in 1987, the firm has invested $48 billion in 414 Corporate Private Equity transactions.
More than 1,400 investors from 72 countries entrust Carlyle with their capital and their reputations. As one means of aligning its own interests with those of its Limited Partner investors, since inception Carlyle has committed more than $4.6 billion of its own capital to its funds.
