25 Largest Private Equity Firms

The Blackstone Group, The Carlyle Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. are the top 3 private equity firms, as shown in this horizontal bar chart. Private Equity International ranked the top 25 PE firms based on five years funds raised. Eighteen of the top 25 private equity firm are based in North America, six are headquartered in Europe and one in Asia.

Top 25 Private Equity Firms in a Horizontal Bar Chart with Data Column

How I Made this Horizontal Bar Chart with Data Column

The private equity data for this chart is presented below:

Here's how I made the horizontal bar chart with data columns:

copy the data from Private Equity International into Excel
create a horizontal stacked bar chart in PowerPoint
use the Switch Bars and Series button to treat spreadsheet columns as series and rows as bars
add columns for the three regional categories (North America, Europe and Asia Pacific)
copy data to the appropriate regional column for each firm
use Bars and Series dialog to indicate that Notable Current Investments should appear as a data column
hide bar totals and show values in segments and format as $B
add axis title, hide rest of y axis and x axis line
reduce bar gaps to make bars wider
adjust internal chart margins to provide room for long series names and wide data columns
reduce font size of labels to improve look of chart
add legend and move to white space