CVC Capital Partners

CVC Capital Partners plc
Company typePublic
Euronext Amsterdam: CVC
IndustryPrivate equity
Founded1981; 43 years ago (1981)
FounderRolly van Rappard
Headquarters
St Helier
,
Jersey
Key people
  • Rob Lucas (Chief Executive and Managing Partner)
  • Rolly van Rappard (co-chair)
[1]
Products
  • Private equity
  • Credit
  • Secondaries
  • Infrastructure
[2]
Services
  • Investment Banking & Brokerage
  • Diversified Financial Services
AUM€186 billion (2024)[3]
Number of employees
c. 850 (2023)[4]
Websitecvc.com

CVC Capital Partners plc is a Jersey-based private equity and investment advisory firm with approximately €186 billion of assets under management[3] and approximately €157 billion in secured commitments since inception across American, European, and Asian private equity, secondaries, credit funds and infrastructure.[5] As of 31 December 2021, the funds managed or advised by CVC are invested in more than 100 companies worldwide, employing over 450,000 people in numerous countries. CVC was founded in 1981 and, as of 31 March 2022, has over 850 employees[4] working across its network of 25 offices throughout EMEA, Asia and the Americas.

In June 2022, CVC was ranked fourth in Private Equity International's PEI 300 ranking of the largest private equity firms in the world,[6] but fell to 15th in the 2023 ranking. However, by 2024, CVC had risen back to fourth in the rankings.[7] In 2023, it raised the largest ever raised private equity fund globally at €26 billion.[8]

  1. ^ "CVC's biggest bet yet: the fiercely private buyout firm set to go public". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  2. ^ "Strategies". CVC. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  3. ^ a b Swetha Gopinath; Dinesh Nair (14 April 2024). "Buyout Giant CVC Seeking More Than €1 Billion in Amsterdam IPO". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b Louch, Will (20 July 2023). "CVC raises €26bn for largest buyout fund in history". www.ft.com. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  5. ^ Gopinath, Swetha; Kirchfeld, Aaron; Nair, Dinesh (4 September 2023). "CVC Agrees to Buy €16 Billion Manager DIF in Infrastructure Push". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  6. ^ "PEI 300 2022: KKR beats the crowd to claim PE’s throne". Private Equity International, June 1, 2022.
  7. ^ Beer, Helen de (2024-06-03). "Blackstone holds PEI 300 top spot". Private Equity International. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  8. ^ "PEI 300 | The Largest Private Equity Firms in the World". Private Equity International. 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-06-02.