Forbes just released its latest compilation of the largest US-based private companies with the help of Capital IQ.  This year, Forbes finally acknowledged the fact that private equity firms are responsible for a solid chunk of the list, noting that roughly a third of the 248 entries are backed by investment groups.  There’s even an interesting slide-show covering notable firms (Bain, TPG, KKR, etc.) and their largest holdings.  

However, I find it interesting that #27, Platinum Equity with $11.35 billion in consolidated current portfolio revenue (I assume this includes international company investments as well), is considered a “conglomerate” within the list versus a private equity group and excluded.  I’m not sure where the confusion is, but this seems to be a yearly error.  Going with this logic, if we break out all of KKR’s US based and privately held portfolio companies, we come up with $123 billion in revenue.  That would make KKR a solid #1.

Tags: Forbes largest private companies, Platinum Equity Portfolio

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