Key Takeaways
- • Goldman Sachs Alternatives ranks third-largest private markets manager globally in the inaugural PEI Private Markets 100 ranking, having raised $215.3 billion between 2021 and 2025 across private equity, credit, infrastructure, real estate and secondaries.
- • Goldman Sachs Alternatives tops the Secondaries Investor 50 with $45.13 billion raised from 2021 to 2025, the largest total of any firm globally in that benchmark.
- • The firm raised $58.66 billion for private equity strategies, placing it among the top 10 private equity fundraisers in the ranking, and $91.21 billion for private credit, placing it among the top four private credit fundraisers.
- • Goldman Sachs Alternatives is one of seven of the top 10 global private markets firms active across all five major strategies: private equity, real estate, infrastructure, private credit and secondaries.
Summary
Goldman Sachs Alternatives has been ranked third among the world's largest private markets managers in the inaugural PEI Private Markets 100 ranking published by PEI Group, as of October 2026. The firm raised $215.29 billion in aggregate capital over the past five years, spanning private equity, credit, infrastructure, real estate and secondaries. According to the publisher's context, Blackstone heads the ranking at $356.7 billion and KKR is second at $302.2 billion, with Goldman Sachs Alternatives third at $215.3 billion.
The firm's strongest showing is in secondaries. Goldman Sachs Alternatives tops the Secondaries Investor 50, the industry benchmark for secondaries fundraising, with $45.13 billion raised from 2021 to 2025, the largest total of any firm in the world.
In the PEI 300 private equity ranking, the firm raised $58.66 billion for private equity strategies since 2021, placing it among the top 10 private equity fundraisers within the Private Markets 100 universe. In the PEI Private Credit 200, it raised $91.21 billion for private credit strategies, placing it among the top four private credit fundraisers tracked.
The firm is one of just seven of the top 10 global private markets firms active across all five major strategies, which the firm presents as evidence of the scale and diversification of its platform. The firm characterized the results as reflecting its continued commitment to differentiated investment solutions across the full spectrum of private markets.
The firm's strongest showing is in secondaries. Goldman Sachs Alternatives tops the Secondaries Investor 50, the industry benchmark for secondaries fundraising, with $45.13 billion raised from 2021 to 2025, the largest total of any firm in the world.
In the PEI 300 private equity ranking, the firm raised $58.66 billion for private equity strategies since 2021, placing it among the top 10 private equity fundraisers within the Private Markets 100 universe. In the PEI Private Credit 200, it raised $91.21 billion for private credit strategies, placing it among the top four private credit fundraisers tracked.
The firm is one of just seven of the top 10 global private markets firms active across all five major strategies, which the firm presents as evidence of the scale and diversification of its platform. The firm characterized the results as reflecting its continued commitment to differentiated investment solutions across the full spectrum of private markets.
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