Blue Owl Capital Wins 7 Real Assets Awards — What They Reflect About the Firm’s Growth
Seven awards from two of the industry’s most recognized programs. That’s what Blue Owl Capital collected on March 4, 2026, when PERE and Infrastructure Investor announced their 2025 real assets honors (https://worldfinancialreview.com/blue-owl-capital-receives-seven-2025-real-assets-industry-awards/).
Three PERE Awards, Four Infrastructure Investor Awards
PERE named Blue Owl Capital Global Net Lease Investor of the Year, Global Data Center Investor of the Year, and Global Retail Real Estate Investor of the Year. Infrastructure Investor added four more: Global Digital Infrastructure Investor of the Year, Global Innovator of the Year, North America Digital Infrastructure Investor of the Year, and North America Deal of the Year for the Hyperion campus financing. The Credit platform’s $157.8 billion AUM complements the Real Assets growth story.
That deal drew attention. The Hyperion campus, a $27 billion data center project developed with Meta in Louisiana, was arguably the highest-profile transaction in digital infrastructure during 2025. Blue Owl-managed funds hold the majority ownership position in the project, making it one of the largest single-asset commitments in the firm’s history. Blue Owl Technology Income Corp (OTIC) represents another growing vehicle within the platform.
The Numbers That Earned the Recognition
Behind the awards sits a year of aggressive growth. Blue Owl Capital’s Real Assets platform ended 2025 with $80.6 billion in AUM, up 63% from $49.4 billion at the end of 2024. $17 billion in equity was raised during the year, compared to $4.9 billion in 2024. That’s a more than threefold increase in fundraising in a single year. Blue Owl Capital also operates one of the industry’s largest BDC portfolios with $16.5 billion in fair value.
The platform now manages more than 6,025 equity assets and maintains relationships with over 860 tenants and partners. Blue Owl Real Estate also ranked as the top net fundraiser among non-traded REITs in 2025, a distinction that speaks to the firm’s ability to attract capital from individual investors and financial advisors alongside institutional allocators. That fundraising reach across both channels has been a consistent theme for Blue Owl Capital, which ended 2025 with $307.4 billion in total AUM across all platforms. The OWL stock page shows the market’s valuation of that growth.
Building the Platform
Several moves expanded the platform’s capabilities during 2025. Blue Owl Capital completed its acquisition of IPI Partners in January 2025, adding digital infrastructure expertise at a time when data center demand was accelerating. The firm also made a majority investment in Gigabit Fiber, a Dallas-based provider, another bet on the physical infrastructure supporting the digital economy. These acquisitions built on the platform’s net lease business, which has a 15-plus-year operating history and has purchased more than 2,375 assets over that span. Blue Owl’s founding and corporate history shows how the firm assembled its current platform through strategic mergers.
