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The 25 European general partners with the largest assets under management. Ranked by AUM. Every figure hand-checked from public filings and annual reports. Updated weekly.
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| # | GP | AUM |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ardian | €196.0B |
| 2 | TA Associates | €96.1B |
| 3 | Global Infrastructure Partners | €94.0B |
| 4 | Silver Lake | €76.0B |
| 5 | CD&R | €74.5B |
| 6 | Francisco Partners | €74.4B |
| 7 | Bridgepoint | €73.7B |
| 8 | Blackstone Europe | €66.5B |
| 9 | Warburg Pincus | €60.8B |
| 10 | Tikehau Capital | €52.8B |
| 11 | BlackRock | €50.8B |
| 12 | Wendel | €40.8B |
| 13 | Arcmont Asset Management | €40.0B |
| 14 | Eurazeo | €39.0B |
| 15 | Thoma Bravo | €38.8B |
| 16 | Permira | €37.1B |
| 17 | The Carlyle Group | €34.9B |
| 18 | Summit Partners | €33.9B |
| 19 | Antin Infrastructure Partners | €33.8B |
| 20 | PAI Partners | €33.0B |
| 21 | General Atlantic | €32.6B |
| 22 | Cinven | €30.0B |
| 23 | Coller Capital | €29.4B |
| 24 | Advent International | €28.5B |
| 25 | LFPI GESTION | €27.0B |
AUM figures are sourced from GPs’ public disclosures, annual reports, and aggregate fund sizes when standalone AUM is not published. See our methodology for the full pipeline. Quarantined GPs are excluded.
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