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Private equity deals with equity capital which is made available to companies or investors but is not quoted on a stock market.

Most US private equity firms manage a fund raised from third parties. In the case of the third parties being individuals, they typically require them to have a net worth exceeding $1 million USD.

Private equity is a term of art that came around in the early to mid 1990s in reaction to the negativity associated with venture capital investing and buyouts after the crash of 1987. It generally includes Venture Capital Firms, Buyout Firms (leveraged and non leveraged), Private Debt Firms, and many Merchant Banking groups.

Private equity firms include

• 3i Group Plc
• Blackstone Group
• Carlyle Group
• Doughty Hanson & Co
• Forstmann Little & CompanyForstmann Little & Company is a private equity firm, specializing in leveraged buyouts (LBOs). The company was founded in 1978 by brothers Ted and Nick Forstmann, and Brian Little. With the deaths of Brian Little and Nicholas Forstmann in 2000 and 2001, r
• Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst
• InvestcorpInvestcorp is a private equity investment firm that acts as a principal and an intermediary in investment transactions in North America and Europe. The Firm pursues a highly focused approach, specializing in four lines of business: corporate investment an
• Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (more often known as KKR is a private equity firm located in New York City. It was founded in 1976 by Jerome Kohlberg, Jr. and cousins Henry Kravis and George R. KKR helped develop the acquisition concept known as the leverage
• The Newcastle GroupThe Newcastle Group is an independent private equity firm based in New York City with offices in Seattle, Washington, Montreal, Canada, London, England, and Bonn, Germany. It consists of five divisions focusing on Private Equity, Buyout, Real Estate, Corp
• One Equity Partners
• Texas Pacific GroupThe Texas Pacific Group a private equity investment firm founded by David Bonderman, James Coulter and William Price in 1993. The Texas Pacific Group has offices in Fort Worth, San Francisco and London. The Texas Pacific Group have an aggregate committed

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