New York City is a major hub for private equity activity so here is a list of the top private equity firms located in New York.
Top 15 Private Equity Firms in New York by assets raised over last 5 yrs (billions).
- Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area = 49.05 billion
- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts = 39.67 billion
- Apollo Management = 32.82 billion
- Blackstone Group = 23.3 billion
- Warburg Pincus = 23 billion
- Cerberus Capital Management = 14.9 billion
- AIG Investments = 14.22 billion
- Fortress Investment Group = 14 billion
- Clayton Dubilier & Rice = 11.38 billion
- Lehman Brothers Private Equity = 10.22 billion
- J.C. Flowers & Co. = 7 billion
- New Mountain Capital = 6.69 billion
- MatlinPatterson = 6.67 billion
- W.L. Ross & Co. = 6.65 billion
- Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe = 5.88 billion
(excerpted from the blog Private Equity Blogger)
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