Carlyle layoffs, on the record
Every job cut, severance charge and restructuring Carlyle reported in its annual reports, 2023 to 2025, quoted from the filings. Headcount went from more than 2,200 to more than 2,500.
Headcount, as reported
| Annual report | Employees | As of |
|---|---|---|
| 10-K for 2023 | more than 2,200 | As of December 31, 2023 |
| 10-K for 2024 | more than 2,300 | December 31, 2024 |
| 10-K for 2025 | more than 2,500 | December 31, 2025 |
Job cuts, severance and restructuring
Our summaryThe filing reports other adjustments to Distributable Earnings that include severance, shown in the reconciliation table for 2023 and 2022.
Word for word“Other adjustments, including severance 11.6 12.4 (=) Distributable Earnings 1,430.5 1,909.0 (-) Realized net performance revenues, net of related compensation (2) 531.0 998.5 (-) Realized principal investment income (2) 88.8 150.6 (+) Net interest 48.7 74.5 (=) Fee Related Earnings $ 859.4 $ 834.4 (1) Equity-based compensation for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 includes amounts presented in principal investment income and general, administrative and other expenses in our U.S. GAAP statement of operations.” 10-K for 2023
Carlyle has filed no restructuring notice (Form 8-K, Item 2.05) since 2016. Companies file one only for a cut they judge material, so many announced layoffs never appear as one. This page shows what the company reported to the SEC, not news reports or state layoff notices.
Read from Carlyle’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-27. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.