GCM Grosvenor

Name

GCM Grosvenor

Legal name

GCM Grosvenor L.P.

Website

https://gcmgrosvenor.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Alternative Asset Management

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Other Financial Vehicles (52599), Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Multi-Manager / Multi-PM Platforms (FSAHAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Managed Account / SMA Multi-Manager Platforms (FSANAGAL), Co-Investment / Direct Allocation Platforms (alongside FoF) (FSANAGAK), Equity Capital Advisory (Private Equity Placements, Growth Capital) (BPAHAOAE), Thematic / Sector-Focused Multi-Manager Platforms (FSANAGAH)

Keywords

• Alternative asset management
• Private equity investing
• Hedge fund portfolios
• Infrastructure investment
• Multi-manager platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Management Fees: Fees based on assets under management across private equity, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and absolute return strategies. Fee-related earnings margin expanded from 31% in 2020 to 44% in latest twelve-month period.
2. Carried Interest (Performance Fees): Unrealized carried interest grew from $134 million to $510 million, representing substantial embedded earnings potential as investments are realized. Performance-based fees from successful fund performance.
3. Fee-Related Revenue: Q4 2025 fee-related revenue of $416 million, up 6% year-over-year. Q1 2026 fee-related revenue of $106.7 million.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

GCM Grosvenor is a global alternative asset manager that invests across private equity, absolute return strategies, infrastructure, credit, and real estate on behalf of institutional investors. The firm manages approximately $91 billion in AUM through customized separate accounts, commingled funds, co-investments, and direct investments, complemented by specialized solutions for insurance companies, emerging managers (Elevate Fund), and individual investors (via Grove Lane Partners).

Product overview

GCM Grosvenor is a global alternative asset management firm offering a multi-strategy platform across private equity ($33B AUM), absolute return strategies ($27B AUM), infrastructure ($19B AUM), credit ($17B AUM), and real estate ($7B AUM), with total assets under management of approximately $91 billion. The firm operates a unified platform with specialized investment teams while providing differentiated solutions including Sponsor Solutions (Elevate Fund for emerging managers), Insurance Solutions, Individual Investor Solutions (via Grove Lane Partners and CION partnerships), and responsible investing strategies. Client-facing technology includes ARS Client Portal and ClientScope for portfolio reporting, with AI-powered technology solutions for internal investment workflow automation through a partnership with Model ML.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Private Equity Private equity investment strategy managing approximately $33 billion in AUM, offering access to middle-market and large-cap private equity opportunities through fund investments, co-investments, and direct investments for institutional investors.
• Absolute Return Strategies

Quantifiable outcome

• 12% year-over-year AUM growth to $91 billion as of Q1 2026
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Model MLcoreTechnology or IntegrationGCM Grosvenor partnered with Model ML to deploy AI-powered workflows across its investment and operational processes. The partnership automates data extraction from investment documents, due diligence collateral creation, and document review for numerical and logical inconsistencies.
• Wilshire IndexescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWilshire Indexes and GCM Grosvenor launched the FT Wilshire Private Markets Infrastructure Index, a new benchmark for private market infrastructure assets, with plans for related investment vehicles.
• Grove Lane PartnerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGCM Grosvenor launched a joint venture called Grove Lane Partners with former Blackstone executive Ryan Chapman as president to expand reach into the wealth channel, targeting registered investment advisors, independent broker/dealers, and family offices.
• CIONcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership with CION for wealth channel expansion, providing individual investors with access to institutional-quality private alternative investments.
• Portal WarehousingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGCM Grosvenor formed a long-term strategic partnership with Portal Warehousing to launch a micro-bay industrial property venture. GCM Grosvenor joins Portal's Board of Directors and provides institutional backing for nationwide expansion of flexible warehouse suites.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Hamilton Lane: Hamilton Lane is a direct peer in the private markets multi-manager and fund-of-funds space, offering customized separate accounts, fund investments and co-investments across private equity, credit, and infrastructure to institutional clients worldwide.
• StepStone Group: StepStone Group is a direct peer providing private markets investment solutions, fund-of-funds, co-investments and secondaries across PE, real estate, infrastructure, and credit to institutional and intermediary clients.
• Cambridge Associates: Cambridge Associates is a direct peer in institutional investment advisory and outsourced CIO services, advising endowments, foundations and pension funds on alternative investment manager selection and portfolio construction.

Broad incumbents

• Blackstone: Blackstone is the largest global alternative asset manager offering overlapping capabilities across private equity, real estate, credit, infrastructure, and hedge funds, serving institutional clients similar to GCM Grosvenor's.
• KKR: KKR is a broad incumbent in alternatives, offering direct and multi-manager exposure across PE, infrastructure, credit and real assets, and competing for the same pension, endowment, and insurance clients as GCM Grosvenor.
• Carlyle Group: Carlyle is a broad incumbent alternative manager with overlapping capabilities in private equity, credit, infrastructure, and real estate, serving a similar global institutional client base as GCM Grosvenor.
• Ares Management: Ares Management is a broad incumbent alternative manager with a particularly strong credit franchise that overlaps with GCM Grosvenor's $17B credit strategy and similar institutional client relationships.
• Brookfield Asset Management: Brookfield is a broad incumbent in alternative assets with leading infrastructure and real estate franchises that overlap with GCM Grosvenor's $19B infrastructure and $7B real estate strategies.
• Apollo Global Management: Apollo is a broad incumbent alternative manager with strong credit and private equity capabilities, competing for the same insurance company and pension fund mandates as GCM Grosvenor.

Emerging players

• LCG (Leading Capital Group): LCG is an emerging player in private market solutions and fund-of-funds / SMA platforms, offering alternatives access to advisors and institutions with overlapping positioning to GCM Grosvenor's multi-manager platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses2 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A2 records

Investments19 records

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