The Carlyle Group

The Carlyle Group is a private credit and private equity manager in Washington, DC. It is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser with $283.8B in regulatory assets and 1,040 staff. It has 29 funds on file.

Funds on file
29
Raised, all funds
$34.7B
Regulatory assets
$283.8B
Staff
1,040
Pension investors
17
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Latest fund filing

Funds

DateFundTypeRaisedTarget
May 2024 CEP V-C Ltd Partner L.P. Private equity $10.7M Not given
Jan 2023 Carlyle Partners VIII, L.P. Private equity $11.2B Not given

History

The Carlyle Group is a fund manager based in Washington, District of Columbia, that runs private credit and private equity funds. It is a registered investment adviser, meaning it is licensed to manage money for outside investors. As of August 2026, it reported $283.8B in regulatory assets and 1,040 staff.

Carlyle Energy Mezzanine Opportunities Fund II, a private credit fund, raised $1.5B against a $1.5B target, and no dates were reported for it. Carlyle Global Partners II raised $1.8B as of July 2020, Carlyle Partners VIII raised $11.2B as reported in January 2023, and Carlyle Asia Partners VI raised $2B as reported in March 2025. The firm also has 22 other smaller vehicles on file.

Its newest main funds, Carlyle Realty Foreign Investors X-A and Carlyle Realty Partners X, both began raising in January 2024 and each reported $7B as of January 2025. Kentucky Teachers invested in Carlyle Europe Partners IV and V, Carlyle Asia Partners V and Carlyle Partners VIII. CalPERS put in $800M and CalSTRS $500M in Carlyle Partners V in 2007.

Adviser record

RegistrationRegistered with the SEC as an investment adviser.
Regulatory assets$283.8B
Employees1,040
Clients595 private funds, 15 insurers, 1 other and 1 government.
Control personsWilliam, Elias Conway, Daniel, Anthony D'aniello, Jeffrey, William Ferguson, Lindsay, P. Lobue, Heather, Ann Mitchell, John, Christopher Redett.
Private funds286 private funds holding $167.1B in gross assets.

Private funds it reports

FundTypeGross assets
Carlyle Partners Vii Private equity $22.5B
Carlyle Partners Viii Private equity $8.5B
Carlyle Europe Partners V Private equity $7.8B
Carlyle Asia Partners V Private equity $6.4B
Carlyle Property Investors Real estate $6.1B
Carlyle Partners VI Private equity $5.4B
Carlyle Realty Partners IX Real estate $4.4B
Carlyle Realty Partners Viii Real estate $4.3B
Carlyle Global Partners Private equity $3B
Carlyle FRL Private equity $2.6B
Carlyle Asia Partners IV Private equity $2.5B
Carlyle Global Infrastructure Opportunity Fund Private equity $2.4B
Carlyle International Energy Partners Private equity $2.3B
Carlyle U.S. Equity Opportunity Fund II Private equity $2B
Carlyle Japan Partners IV Private equity $1.9B