How Carlyle Creates Value

Deep industry experience, globally applied. That’s the foundation of Carlyle’s value creation model. By leveraging these two core capabilities—deep industry experience and a global network—Carlyle has established a 24-year track record of investing in companies, working to make them better and serving our investors’ needs. We prepared the following case studies on Carlyle transactions to demonstrate our investment approach. These examples are not representative of every investment that we make, and you should not assume that every transaction we have pursued has been successful. Although we endeavor to create value in our investments and generate positive returns for our fund investors, sometimes our investments lose money and do not measure up to Carlyle's high standards. read more