Carlyle Group, Inc.

Carlyle (officially The Carlyle Group Inc., and formerly branded as The Carlyle Group) is a global investment firm listed on Nasdaq (CG). It invests private capital through three business segments: Global Private Equity, Global Credit and Carlyle AlpInvest. As of September 30, 2026, it managed $479 billion in assets, and it employs more than 2,600 people in 28 offices across four continents, investing across North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Global Private Equity, with $161 billion of assets under management, covers buyout, growth, real estate, and infrastructure and natural resources funds. Global Credit covers direct lending, opportunistic and asset-backed credit, liquid credit, aviation finance, and solutions for insurance companies. Carlyle AlpInvest invests in other managers’ funds and co-investments and buys stakes on the secondary market. The firm invests across aerospace, defense and government services, consumer and retail, financial services, healthcare, industrials, technology and media, real estate, and energy and infrastructure. Its investment activities include leveraged buyouts, take-privates, corporate carve-outs, growth and minority investments, recapitalizations, add-on acquisitions, secondary transactions, and structured and private credit financing. Carlyle works with management teams to accelerate growth, improve operations, pursue acquisitions and drive strategic transformation, drawing on industry teams organized by sector, operating executives and its global network. Carlyle was founded in 1987 by William E. Conway Jr., Daniel A. D’Aniello and David M. Rubenstein and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States.