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The 2013 PEI 300
Private Equity International's exclusive annual ranking of the 300 largest private equity firms in the world
For the seventh year, Private Equity International’s Research & Analytics division presents the PEI 300 – our unique annual ranking of the biggest private equity firms in the business.
The PEI 300 is the only true apples-to-apples comparison of firms by size, because it’s based on a very simple metric: the amount of private equity direct investment capital raised by each firm in the preceding five years (so this year’s period runs from 1 January 2008 to 1 April 2013).
Here’s a list of the 50 biggest firms. The full PEI 300 can be seen in the May 2013 issue of Private Equity International, available only to subscribers.
To learn about the many benefits of a subscription to Private Equity International, click here or email subscriptions@peimedia.com to buy the May issue.
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Definitions
Private equity
For the purposes of the PEI 300, the definition of private equity is capital raised for a dedicated programme of investing directly into businesses. This includes equity capital for diversified private equity, buyouts, growth equity, venture capital, turnaround or control-oriented distressed investment capital and mezzanine debt.
Capital raised
This means capital definitively committed to a private equity direct investment programme. In the case of a fundraising, it means the fund has had a final or official interim close after 1 January 2008. We also count capital raised through other means, such as co-investment vehicles, deal-by-deal co-investment capital, publicly traded vehicles, recycled capital, and earmarked annual contributions from a sponsoring entity.
What does NOT count as private equity?
Funds of funds, secondaries, real estate, infrastructure, debt, PIPE and hedge funds.
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