The largest private equity deal of 2021 appears to be the bid of KKR & Co. Inc. for Italian telecommunications giant Telecom Italia SpA. The transaction value was estimated at 36.7 billion U.S. dollars. The second largest PE deal was teh buyout of medical supply company Medline Industries Inc. by a large investor group made up of Hellman & Friedman LLC, GIC Pvt. Ltd., Blackstone Inc., and Carlyle Group Inc.
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S&P Global. (January 3, 2022). Value of largest private equity transactions announced worldwide in 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/757168/top-private-equity-deals-made-worldwide/
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S&P Global. (2022). Value of largest private equity transactions announced worldwide in 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/757168/top-private-equity-deals-made-worldwide/
S&P Global. "Value of Largest Private Equity Transactions Announced Worldwide in 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/757168/top-private-equity-deals-made-worldwide/
S&P Global, Value of largest private equity transactions announced worldwide in 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/757168/top-private-equity-deals-made-worldwide/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Value of largest private equity transactions announced worldwide in 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], S&P Global, January 3, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/757168/top-private-equity-deals-made-worldwide/