Dream Tier: Top 15 Global PE Funds (my opinion)

Let the MS begin! Here are the dream-tier PE funds

1) BX 

2) KKR 

3) Apollo 

4) Carlyle 

5) Hellman and Friedman  

6) CVC

7) Thoma Bravo 

8) EQT

9) Warburg Pincus 

10) Silverlake  

11) Advent

12) TPG

13) Vista

14) Bain Cap

15) CD&R 

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