A global investment firm, The Carlyle Group is a global alternative asset manager with more than $224 billion in assets under management. Through four business segments, the company invests in real estate, power, infrastructure, energy, distressed credit, energy credit, opportunistic credit, corporate mezzanine funds, aircraft financing and servicing, other closed-end credit funds, vehicles and corporate buyouts across numerous industries and regions. Carlyle currently has direct investments in 265-plus companies, while over its 30+ year history the company has made more than 1,775 investments in total. Carlyle operates in more than 30 offices across six continents and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Most of the company's sales were generated from the Americas accounting to more than 65% of sales.