The Carlyle Group

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  • William E. Conway Jr., Founder
  • Daniel A. D' Aniello, founder
  • David M. Rubenstein, founder

The Carlyle Group is one of the largest U.S. private equity firms; it has its headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Background

According to the company Carlyle one of the largest private equity firms in the world. The company has by September 2010 had assets under management of $ 97.7 billion and employs over 900 people worldwide in 19 countries. Carlyle invests with 78 funds in four asset classes - private equity, credit Alternatives, growth capital and real estate - in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America. Since its founding in 1987, Carlyle has invested $ 64.7 billion in equity in 1015 transactions. Carlyle has a broad investor base consisting of private and public institutional investors and high net worth individuals. In total, more than 1,300 investors from 73 countries have invested in Carlyle Capital.

Carlyle was founded in 1987 by William E. Conway, Jr., Daniel A. D' Aniello, David M. Rubenstein and Stephen L. Norris. They named it after the New Yorker Hotel " The Carlyle ". The company is managed today by three founders: William E. Conway, Jr., Daniel A. D' Aniello and David M. Rubenstein. In July 2007, Carlyle brought one of his credit alternative funds, Carlyle Capital Corporation (CCC) in Amsterdam on the stock market. In March 2008, the share prices of Carlyle Capital Corp. plunged by more than 60 percent after some interest payments were deferred. Carlyle Capital Corp. is very strong lines of credit and the corresponding rating dependent due to the high proportion of debt financing (leverage of 28 borrowed U.S. dollars for every dollar invested ). On 17 March 2008 the liquidation of the investment fund Carlyle Capital Corp. was. announced, as the lenders' requirements could no longer be served by the remaining assets.

2011 acquired the Carlyle Group, the private equity management company AlpInvest ( through a joint venture, in which their managers are involved).

Early May 2012 took place on NASDAQ 's IPO Carlyle as Publicly Traded Partnership.

Investments

Key sectors of the investments are in the areas of Automotive & Transportation, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, industry, infrastructure, consumer & retail, aerospace and defense, pharmaceuticals, technology & services and telecommunications & media.

In August 2012, Carlyle acquired for $ 3.3 billion, the majority stake in the U.S. Agency Getty Images. In Europe, Carlyle et al involved in the French hotel chain B & B hotels, the Italian sportswear maker Moncler and the French cable provider Numericable.

The purchase of DuPont Performance Coatings ( Standox, Spies Hecker, Du Pont Refenish ) for 4.9 billion U.S. dollars was completed in February 2013.

The Carlyle Group is the majority shareholder at Booz Allen Hamilton, which provides, for example, services for the U.S. Defense Department and the NSA.

Investments in the German speaking

Current Investments of Carlyle in German speaking countries are:

  • Buyout H.C. Starck, a leading producer of specialty metal powders
  • Six special mail Primondo Specialty Group: Shipping Walz, Planet Sports, Bon'A Parte, Elegance, Mirabeau, 50 % on Vertbaudet Germany
  • Alloheim, a nursing home operator
  • Vwd, a business information service
  • Bigmouthmedia
  • KCS.net
  • Personal & computer science
  • UC4 Software
  • Klenk Holz

Among the already completed buyout engagements in Germany include Andritz AG, Beru AG, Edscha and HT Troplast.

Employees and consultants

  • George HW Bush, former U.S. President, Business Consultant for Carlyle Asia from April 1998 to October 2003.
  • Frank C. Carlucci, former U.S. defense secretary from 1987 to 1989; Chairman of the Carlyle Group and Honorary Chairman of the 1989 and 2005.
  • Sir John Major, former British Prime Minister, Chairman of Carlyle Europe 2001 to 2004.
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