Carlyle Group Inc.
Global alternative asset manager investing across private equity, credit and other strategies on behalf of institutional investors.
From the annual report
Carlyle is one of the world’s largest global investment firms that deploys private capital across three business segments: Global Private Equity, Global Credit, and Carlyle AlpInvest (formerly, Global Investment Solutions) . Our teams invest across a range of strategies that leverage our deep industry expertise, local insights, and global resources to deliver attractive returns throughout an investment cycle. Since our firm was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1987, we have grown to manage $477 billion in AUM as of December 31, 2025 . Our experienced and diverse team of more than 2,500 employees includes 770 investment professionals in 27 offices across four continents, and we serve more than 3,200 active carry fund investors from 87 countries. We seek to invest with a clarity of purpose, adaptability, and alignment between our interests and the interests of our fund investors, shareholders, and other stakeholders. Operational and strategic highlights for our firm and our three global business segments for 2025 include: Assets under management grew 8% to $477 billion as of December 31, 2025 from $441 billion as of December 31, 2024 . The increase was driven by inflows of $53.7 billion during 2025, a 32% increase from 2024. We deployed $54.5 billion across our platform during 2025 and realized proceeds of $34.1 billion for our carry fund investors. We returned approximately $0.9 billion in capital to our shareholders . During 2025 , we paid dividends to our common shareholders of $505 million , and used $400 million to repurchase 7.5 million shares of our common stock.
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