SUMMARY
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herein and the section entitled Risk Factors in this prospectus supplement and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 or in our periodic reports and
in other information that we file with the SEC, which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement.
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the context requires otherwise, references in this prospectus supplement to Carlyle, the Company, we, us and our refer to The Carlyle Group Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
The Carlyle Group Inc.
We are a global investment firm that deploys capital across scalable strategies. We advise an array of investment funds and other investment
vehicles that invest across the spectrum of private capital asset classes, including private equity, credit, real estate, and natural resources. Our teams invest across a range of strategies that leverage our deep-industry expertise, local insights,
and global resources and seek to deliver attractive returns for our investors throughout an investment cycle. Since our firm was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1987, we have grown to manage $376 billion in AUM as of June 30, 2022. Our
experienced and diverse team of over 1,900 employees includes nearly 745 investment professionals in 26 offices across five continents, and we serve more than 2,900 active carry fund investors from 89 countries.
We operate our business across three segments: (1) Global Private Equity, (2) Global Credit, and (3) Global Investment
Solutions.
Global Private Equity. Our GPE segment advises our buyout, growth, real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources
funds. Across our GPE funds, as of June 30, 2022, we had investments in 271 active portfolio companies around the world. Our GPE teams have the following areas of focus:
Corporate Private Equity. Our corporate private equity teams advise a diverse group of 37 active funds that invest in
transactions that focus either on a particular geography or strategy. Our buyout funds focus on corporate buyouts and strategic minority investments. The investment mandate for our growth capital funds is to seek out companies with the potential for
disruptive growth and operational improvements. Our core strategy seeks longer duration private equity opportunities, targeting stable businesses with sustainable market leadership. These funds are advised by teams of local professionals who live
and work in the markets where they invest. As of June 30, 2022, our corporate private equity funds had, in the aggregate, $108 billion in AUM.
Real Estate. Our real estate team advises 11 active real estate funds that invest in the United States and Europe, with
a focus on a broad range of opportunities including residential properties, senior living facilities, industrial properties, and self-storage properties, but have limited our exposure to office buildings, hotels and retail properties. Our real
estate funds generally focus on acquiring single-property assets rather than large-cap companies with real estate portfolios and made more than 1,300 investments in numerous cities or metropolitan statistical
areas around the world as of June 30, 2022. As of June 30, 2022, our real estate funds had, in the aggregate, $31 billion in AUM.
Infrastructure & Natural Resources. Our 14 active infrastructure and natural resources funds
focus on infrastructure and energy investing. Our infrastructure business is comprised of teams that invest in six