PE by the Numbers_2007
- Equity investments by PE firms in 2007: $234 billion
(Source: Preqin)
- PE funds raised in 2007: $518 billion
(Source: Preqin)
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- PE transactions in 2007: 2,238
(Source: Preqin)
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- Average PE equity contribution in 2007: 32 percent
(Source: Preqin)
- Five largest industries by PE investment in 2007: Telecom; Finance; Energy; Retail; Healthcare
(Source: Preqin)
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- Cumulative net profits returned to investors through 2007: $1.12 trillion
(Source: Preqin)
- Average annual returns to investors from top-quartile PE firms 1980-2005: 39 percent
(Source: PEC analysis of data from Bloomberg and Venture Economics)
- Share of investments in top 100 PE firms from pension funds, endowments, foundations since 2005: 70 percent
(Source: Preqin)
- Number of PE firms in U.S.: 1,100
(Source: Thomson Reuters)
- Number of PE firms worldwide: 2,140
(Source: Thomson Reuters)
- Total value of private equity transactions in 2007: $721 billion
(Source: Preqin)
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- Number of years PE firms hold onto portfolio companies on average: 5
(Source: World Economic Forum)
- Rate of job growth above industry average at new U.S. facilities built by portfolio companies: 6 percent
(Source: World Economic Forum)
- Organic revenue growth contribution to overall increase in EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) of PE portfolio companies: 49 percent
(Source: Ernst & Young)
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