Money | Carlyle Group Carlyle Group Files for IPO Huge private equity company to open its books By Kevin Spak Posted Sep 6, 2011 10:10 AM CDT Copied Bruce Rosenblum, managing director, The Carlyle Group, right, testifies on Capitol Hill, July 31, 2007, before the Senate Finance Committee. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) The Carlyle Group is going public. The mammoth private equity company has filed paperwork with the SEC for what’s planned as a $100 million initial public offering, the Washington Post reports. The move will open its books to public scrutiny, shining a light on the array of 270 disparate businesses and properties it has a stake in. The group owns, for example, Nielsen Co., a truck transmission company, a Brazilian lingerie firm, Asian forests, and a string of Connecticut rest stops. Read These Next Venezuela responds to the US seizure of an oil tanker. Hours after Michigan fired its football coach, he was in jail. One donor, 197 kids, and a terrible genetic mutation. The US just made a big move against Venezuela. Report an error