Top Private equity companies
Companies that have taken private-equity capital or large secondaries.
Ranked by current headcount across Private equity companies. Refreshed daily.
- 1Tata Consultancy Services· Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Private equity
- 700.1k employees
- Founded 1968
- 2Burger King· Miami, Florida, United States
- Private equity
- 128.4k employees
- Founded 1954
- 3airtel· Gurugram, Haryana, India
- Private equity
- 105.1k employees
- Founded 2010
- 4Allied Universal· Irvine, California, United States
- Private equity
- 101.6k employees
- Founded 1957
- 5Fidelity Investments· Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Secondary
- 85.1k employees
- Founded 1946
- 6The Wendy's Company· Dublin, Ohio, United States
- Private equity
- 72.5k employees
- Founded 1969
- 7
- Private equity
- 71.3k employees
- Founded 2006
- 8Sutherland· Pittsford, New York, United States
- Secondary
- 64.5k employees
- Founded 1986
- 9France Travail· Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Private equity
- 50.5k employees
- 10ByteDance· China
- Secondary
- 47k employees
- Founded 2012
- 11Family Dollar· Chesapeake, Virginia, United States
- Private equity
- 46.8k employees
- Founded 1959
- 12noon· Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Private equity
- 46.3k employees
- Founded 2016
- 13TELUS Digital· Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Private equity
- 42.2k employees
- Founded 2005
- 14UST· Aliso Viejo, California, United States
- Private equity
- 39.6k employees
- Founded 1999
- 15TELUS· Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Private equity
- 37.4k employees
- Founded 1990
- 16Little Caesars Pizza· Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Private equity
- 36.3k employees
- Founded 1959
- 17Major League Baseball (MLB)· New York, New York, United States
- Secondary
- 35.6k employees
- Founded 2000
- 18Dairy Queen· Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Private equity
- 35.2k employees
- Founded 1940
- 19GlobalLogic· Santa Clara, California, United States
- Secondary
- 34.8k employees
- Founded 2000
- 20Dasa· São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Private equity
- 32k employees
- Founded 2001
- 21PW (PhysicsWallah)· Sadar, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Secondary
- 31.8k employees
- Founded 2016
- 22Papa Johns· Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Secondary
- 29.1k employees
- Founded 1984
- 23Denny's· Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
- Private equity
- 26.4k employees
- Founded 1953
- 24AUDI AG· Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany
- Private equity
- 25.8k employees
- Founded 1998
- 25repsol· Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
- Private equity
- 25.6k employees
- Founded 2011
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