Carlyle Group Inc.

Carlyle is a global investment firm that manages private capital across three business segments: Global Private Equity, Global Credit, and Carlyle AlpInvest. The company invests across various strategies, utilizing industry expertise, local insights, and global resources. Founded in Washington, D.C. in 1987, Carlyle managed $477 billion in Assets Under Management (AUM) as of December 31, 2025. The firm has over 2,500 employees, including 770 investment professionals, operating from 27 offices across four continents. Carlyle serves more than 3,200 active carry fund investors from 87 countries. For 2025, AUM increased by 8% to $477 billion from $441 billion as of December 31, 2024. This growth was driven by $53.7 billion in inflows during 2025, a 32% increase from 2024. The company deployed $54.5 billion across its platform and realized proceeds of $34.1 billion for its carry fund investors. Carlyle returned approximately $0.9 billion in capital to shareholders in 2025, including $505 million in common shareholder dividends and $400 million used to repurchase 7.5 million shares of common stock. In the Global Private Equity (GPE) segment, Carlyle realized proceeds of $18.2 billion for carry fund investors in 2025 and deployed $10.4 billion. Inflows of $7.5 billion in GPE during the year were due to final closes in CRP X, its tenth and largest U.S. real estate fund, and CAP VI, its sixth Asia buyout fund, along with fundraising in its life sciences platform and subscriptions in its evergreen real estate offering, CPI.