INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE RANKINGS
USA BEST PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS (LBO)
Large Cap
The firms are listed alphabetically within each bandFIRMS KEY LEADERSLEADING
Apollo Global Management Leon Black (Chairman and CEO), Marc Rowan (Senior Managing Director)Blackstone Group Stephen Allen Schwarzman (Chairman and CEO), Hamilton Evans James (President and COO)Leonard Green & Partners John Danhakl (Managing Partner), Jonathan Sokoloff (Managing Partner)The Carlyle Group Glenn Youngkin (President and COO)Thoma Bravo Carl Thoma (Managing Partner), Orlando Bravo (Managing Partner)TPG Capital James Coulter (Co-CEO), Jon Winkelried (Co-CEO)EXCELLENT
Ares Management David Kaplan (Co-Head of Private Equity), Bennett Rosenthal (Co-Head of Private Equity)Bain Capital Joshua Bekenstein (Co-Chairman), Michael Ward (COO)Kohlberg Kravis Roberts George Roberts (Co-Chairman), Henry Kravis (Co-Chairman)Silver Lake Partners Glenn Hutchins (Co-CEO), James Davidson (Co-CEO)Vista Equity Partners Robert Smith (Chairman and CEO), Brian Sheth (Vice Chairman and President)HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Avenue Capital Group Marc Lasry (Chairman and CEO), Sonia Esther Gardner (President)BDT Capital Partners Byron David Trott (Chairman and CEO), Chip Dunn (Managing Director)Centerbridge Partners Jeffrey Aronson (Managing Principal), Mark Gallogly (Managing Principal)Permira Advisers Kurt Björklund (Co-Managing Partner), Thomas Lister (Co-Managing Partner)
Stone Point Capital Charles Arthur Davis (CEO)Warburg Pincus Charles Kaye (Co-CEO), Joseph Landy (Co-CEO)USA BEST PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS (LBO)
Mid Cap
The firms are listed alphabetically within each bandFIRMS KEY LEADERS
LEADING
Accel Partners James Breyer (Managing General Partner), Tracy Sedlock (Chief Operating Partner)Bain Capital Joshua Bekenstein (Co-Chairman), Michael Ward (Chief Operating Officer)TowerBrook Capital Partners Neal Moszkowski (Co-CEO), Ramez Sousou (Co-CEO)TPG Capital James Coulter (Co-CEO), Jon Winkelried (Co-CEO)Vista Equity Partners Robert Smith (Chairman and CEO), Brian Sheth (Vice Chairman and President)EXCELLENT
Andreessen Horowitz Marc Andreessen (General Partner), Benjamin Horowitz (General Partner)Insight Venture Partners Jeffrey Horing (Partner), Jerry Murdock (Partner)Institutional Venture Partners Todd Clayton Chaffee (General Partner), Stephen James Harrick (General Partner)Stone Point Capital Charles Arthur Davis (CEO)HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Cerberus Capital Management Stephen Feinberg (CEO), Mark Neporent (COO)Khosla Ventures Vinod Khosla (Managing General Partner), David Weiden (General Partner)Riverside Company Béla Szigethy (Co-CEO), Stewart Kohl (Co-CEO)Salesforce Ventures Matthew Garratt (Vice President)