A road show will start as early as next week for the initial public offering (IPO) of Carlyle Group that will value the private-equity firm at between $7.5 billion and $8 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Carlyle filed documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month to sell a 10 percent stake.

The offering is likely to generate as much as $800 million in proceeds, according to the person familiar with the matter.

The company’s performance-fee-generating funds climbed about nine percent in the first quarter of this year, with energy funds leading with a 14 percent rally, according to a securities filing Tuesday.

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