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This is a list of the world's largest non-governmental privately held companies by revenue. This list does not include state-owned enterprises like Sinopec, State Grid, China National Petroleum, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, Pemex, Petrobras, PDVSA and others. These corporations have revenues of at least US$10 billion.
Merchant banking: negotiated private-equity investment by financial institutions in the unregistered securities of either privately or publicly held companies. [54] Fund of funds: investments made in a fund whose primary activity is investing in other private-equity funds. The fund of funds model is used by investors looking for:
Each year Private Equity International publishes the PEI 300, a ranking of the largest private-equity firms by how much capital they have raised for private-equity investment in the last five years. [1] In the 2024 ranking, Blackstone Inc. retained the top spot from KKR. [2]
In countries with public trading markets, a privately held business is generally taken to mean one whose ownership shares or interests are not publicly traded. Often, privately held companies are owned by the company founders or their families and heirs or by a small group of investors. Sometimes, employees also hold shares in private companies.
This category is for companies that do not have stock that trades on a stock market and are not subsidiaries or joint ventures of companies that are publicly traded. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Access Industries, Inc. is a United States–based [1] privately held multinational investment company which was founded in 1986 by businessman Leonard "Len" Blavatnik.Access Industries' focus is in seven sectors: [2] biotechnology, entertainment, external funds, global media, strategic equity, technology ventures, and real estate.
A pension fund may invest directly in private companies, or indirectly via private equity funds. This is a departure of the classic "70-30 Model" where a pension fund would invest 30% of its assets in publicly-listed stock. The perceived benefits of investing in private companies include the improved ability to diversify by region, industry ...
VanEck is an American investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is primarily engaged in issuing exchange-traded fund (ETF) products although it also deals with mutual funds and separately managed accounts for institutional investors. It was a pioneer of investing in foreign growth stocks as well as gold investing.