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Organization and Purpose (Details) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 18, 2020	Feb. 11, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 02, 2020	Feb. 29, 2020
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Repayments of outstanding debt				$ 0	$ 11,116,196,000	$ 0
Senior Secured Debt | RPI Intermediate FT Senior Secured Credit Facilities - Tranche A-1
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Debt issued, amount		$ 3,200,000,000
Senior Secured Debt | RPI Intermediate FT Senior Secured Credit Facilities - Tranche B-1
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Debt issued, amount		2,840,000,000
Senior Secured Debt | Old Credit Facility
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Repayments of outstanding debt		$ 6,300,000,000
RPCT
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership percentage (as a percent)		66.00%
Legacy Investors Partnerships | Senior Secured Debt | RPI Intermediate FT Senior Secured Credit Facilities - Tranche A-1
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Debt issued, amount		$ 1,300,000,000
Legacy Investors Partnerships | Old RPI
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest (percentage)								18.00%
RPSFT | RPCT
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest (percentage)		34.00%
RPI Intermediate FT | Senior Secured Debt | RPI Intermediate FT Senior Secured Credit Facilities - Tranche B-1
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Debt issued, amount		$ 6,000,000,000					$ 149,000,000
RPI Intermediate FT | Senior Secured Debt | RPIFT Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Repayments of outstanding debt		$ 5,200,000,000
Common Class A
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership percentage following IPO	100.00%
Exchange Offer Transaction | Old RPI
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership percentage (as a percent)		82.00%
Exchange Offer Transaction | Legacy Investors Partnerships
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Exchange offering, ownership percentage		82.00%
IPO | Common Class A
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares issued (in shares)	89,334,000
Sale of stock, price per share (in dollars per share)	$ 28.00
IPO - Shares From Company | Common Class A
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares issued (in shares)	71,652,000
IPO - Shares From Selling Shareholders | Common Class A
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares issued (in shares)	17,682,000
Public Stock Offering - Continuing Investors Partnerships Interests | Common Class B
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares available to convert (in shares)			294,176,000
Number of shares converted (in shares)			241,207,000

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