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- The Carlyle Group Inc. The Carlyle Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CG) operates as a global investment firm focused on private equity, alternative asset management, and financial services, managing approximately $474 billion in assets under management as of September 2025 across three primary business segments: Global Private Equity; Global Credit; and Global Investment Solutions through its AlpInvest Partners subsidiary. The Global Private Equity segment manages leveraged buyout and growth capital funds targeting industries including aerospace, defense and government services, consumer and retail, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial, real estate, technology and business services, telecommunications and media, and transportation, alongside real assets such as infrastructure, energy, and renewable resources; Global Credit pursues opportunities in liquid credit via collateralized loan obligations, direct lending to private equity-backed companies, opportunistic credit including mezzanine and distressed securities, real assets credit in infrastructure debt, and asset-based lending, with $194 billion in assets under management as of December 2024; Global Investment Solutions provides private equity and real estate fund of funds, co-investments, secondaries, and portfolio finance. Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., the firm employs over 2,400 professionals across 27 offices on four continents, serving institutional investors such as pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, high-net-worth individuals, and insurance companies with a geographic footprint spanning North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Recent developments include the October 2025 agreement to acquire BASF's coatings business to form a standalone entity, enhancing its industrial portfolio; a November 2025 strategic partnership with Investec to launch a €400 million European private credit fund via Carlyle AlpInvest; the targeting of a $300 million India side fund in November 2025 for investments in technology, healthcare, and other sectors; a June 2025 strategic alliance with Diversified Energy Company to invest up to $2 billion in U.S. proved developed producing natural gas and oil assets; the July 2025 acquisition of Adastra Group for $400 million; the October 2025 acquisition of The Very Group, a UK-based online retailer and financial services provider; and the closure of a $20 billion secondaries fund alongside record organic inflows of $17 billion in Q3 2025, driving assets under management growth.