The 2011 HEC-DowJones Private Equity Performance Ranking lists the world’s Top PE firms in terms of aggregate performance based on all funds raised between 1998 and 2007. This ranking answers the question: “Which firm(s) generated the best performance for their investors over the past years?” The ranking draws on a comprehensive set of data on PE fund performance provided by DowJones and directly from PE Firms and uses a unique methodology to calculate the aggregate performance of a PE firm based on difference performance measures for all the funds managed by this firm. The method is able to aggregate performance across vintage years and considers relative and absolute returns. In total, we analyzed performance data from 427 PE firms and the 950 funds they raised between 1998 and 2007 with an aggregate equity volume of $1300bn.
- Waterland
- Friedman Fleischer & Lowe
- Platinum Equity
- Hellman & Friedman
- TPG
- Astorg
- PAI Partners
- Rhone Capital
- Nordic Capital
- Onex Corporation
- The Sterling Group
- Towerbrook Capital Partners
- GTCR Golder Rauner
- Axa Private Equity
- Gilde Buy Out Partners
- BC Partners
- Barclays Private Equity
- Bain Capital
- The Riverside Company
- Apollo Management
