http://biz.yahoo.com/bizwk/070202/b4021001.html?.v=1
Surprising that businessweek gave carlyle some exposure but no surprise that it has downplayed their investments in the defense revenues and their war profits and has omitted their relationship with the saudis. Some part of the article is a bit boring and drawn out but here are what I thought were some of the major points...
-By the end of this year it expects to have an unprecedented $85 billion in investor commitments under management, up sixfold from 2001 and more than any other firm expects.
-The firm expects the total assets under management to surge to as much as $300 billion by 2012.
-Carlyle plans to raise a record $34 billion in 2007 , which could translate into more than $200 billion in purchasing power, thanks to the surging debt markets.
-Since its founding in 1987 it has generated annualized after-fee returns of 26% , compared with the industry average in the mid-teens.
-Since its founding in 1987, the firm has invested $24 billion in 576 transactions.
-It owns nearly 200 companies that generate a combined $68 billion in revenue and employ 200,000 people.
-Last year it bought a new company approximately once every three days and sold one almost once a week.
-The firm has more than 390 investment professionals operating out of offices in 16 countries in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
-Carlyle's team of investment professionals includes 160 M.B.A.s, 28 J.D.s and 12 Ph.D./M.D.s from many of the world's most prestigious universities.
-Carlyle estimates that at any one time it has headhunters conducting 10 to 15 searches for high-level talent.
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