Ranking Both Public And Private Megafunds

Saw a shitty thread the other day and the poster was spewing some bullshit about culture and whatever. I'm going to two rankings, one for publicly traded MFs and one for privately held ones (massive differences between either, not an apples-to-apples comparison). 

Based on pure prestige (legacy, exits, history, pedigree, selectivity, returns) as well as compensation (total compensation, carried interest, upward mobility, speed of promotions). 

If you don't see your fund on here, it is NOT a megafund (20bn+ latest flagship fundraise among other factors), do not spew your monkey shit at me because you're at Apax/Ares/Brookfield/Onex/Vista/Silver Lake and have convinced yourself that you're on the same playing field as APO. 

Public Megafunds:

1. Apollo

2. Blackstone

3. KKR

(Large gap)

4. TPG

5. Carlyle

Private Megafunds:

1. Hellman & Friedman

2. Warburg Pincus

3. Thoma Bravo

(Medium gap)

4. CVC

20 Comments
 

Explain to me how TPG is a MF and Bain Cap isn’t.

Latest flagship buyout funds for both is $12B, Bain has more of a storied past with Romney and developing operationally driven PE, Bain has more of a diversified offering of investment vehicles (PE, Credit, Special Sits, Real Estate, Tech Opps, Insurance, Partnership Strategies, Venture, Life Sciences, Public Equity etc.), and lastly Bain is still private yet has nearly the same overall AUM as TPG, meaning there’s a lot more carry to go around because there’s no payouts to shareholders.

 
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