- Business
- Brookfield Corporation is a leading global alternative investment management firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada, founded in 1899. It manages over $1 trillion in assets focused on direct control investments in real estate; renewable power generation including hydroelectric, wind, utility-scale solar, distributed generation, and energy storage; infrastructure assets such as midstream energy (including the Colonial Pipeline system in the U.S.), transportation, and utilities; private equity investments; and credit facilities including opportunistic credit funds. The company operates through core segments including alternative asset management, wealth solutions, and operating businesses, with geographic operations spanning North and South America, Europe, India, and China. Recent major developments include a strategic $11 billion joint venture with Reliance Industries and Digital Realty to build 1 gigawatt of AI data capacity in Andhra Pradesh, India, acquisitions such as a portfolio of 33 light industrial assets in Eastern Sweden, and operational sales like the offshore oil services FPSO unit expected to close in early 2026. Brookfield also completed a C$250 million issuance of Class A Preference Shares Series 52 in late 2025 and continues to expand its renewable power and infrastructure platforms with a focus on sustainable investments underpinned by long-term, inflation-linked contracts. The firm’s subsidiaries include Brookfield Asset Management, Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P., Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P., Brookfield Business Partners, and Oaktree Capital, the distressed securities investment platform acquired in 2019. Brookfield’s ongoing strategic initiatives emphasize capital recycling, asset monetization, and scaling of opportunistic real estate and renewable power investments to build long-term wealth for institutional and individual investors worldwide.