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The following tables list the largest mergers and acquisitions by decade of transaction. Transaction values are given in the US dollar value for the year of the merger, adjusted for inflation. As of February 2024 [update] , the largest ever acquisition was the 1999 takeover of Mannesmann by Vodafone Airtouch plc at $183 billion ($334.7 billion ...
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 late 2002, Blackstone acquired TRW Automotive in a $4.7 billion buyout, the largest private equity deal announced that year (the deal was completed in early 2003). TRW's parent was acquired by Northrop Grumman, while Blackstone purchased its automotive parts business, a major supplier of automotive systems.
Private equity firms have come out of the pandemic red-hot, inking more than 2,300 deals in the first five months of 2021, an increase of 21.9% from the same period last year.
In comparison, Silver Lake said in April it was taking talent and entertainment agency Endeavor Group Holdings private for $13 billion, one of the largest private equity deals in recent times.
In 2021, the private equity industry struck deals valued at a whopping $1.2 trillion, topping 2019’s previous record by 64%, according to PitchBook data. At 8,600 deals sealed, the number of ...
As of the end of 2024, the firm had invested in more than 800 private equity funds managed by more than 350 private equity firms. According to the PEI 300, AlpInvest ranked among the 50 largest private equity firms globally. [92] Since 2011, AlpInvest has operated as a subsidiary of The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm.
Coller Capital completed its first notable deal in 1998, when it acquired a $265-m portfolio of limited partnership interests from Shell's US Pensions Trust. Secondaries Investor magazine observed that the deal was unusual for its size, being at that point the single biggest secondary transaction on record, with Coller betting his entire $240-m eponymous fund.