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Hellman & Friedman LLC
Company type Private
Industry Private equity
Founded1984;40 years ago (1984)
Founder Warren Hellman
Tully Friedman
Headquarters Salesforce Tower
San Francisco, California, United States
Products Leveraged buyout, growth capital
AUM US$80 billion (September 2022) [1]
Total assets US$25 billion
Number of employees
100+ (2011)
Website www.hf.com

Hellman & Friedman LLC (H&F) is an American private equity firm, founded in 1984 by Warren Hellman [2] [3] and Tully Friedman, that makes investments primarily through leveraged buyouts as well as growth capital investments. H&F has focused its efforts on several core target industries including media, financial services, professional services and information services. The firm tends to avoid asset intensive or other industrial businesses (e.g., manufacturing, chemicals, transportation). H&F is based in San Francisco, with offices in New York and London.

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In June 2023, Hellman & Friedman was ranked 18th in Private Equity International's PEI 300 ranking of the largest private equity firms in the world. [4]

History

Founding

Hellman & Friedman was founded in 1984 by Warren Hellman and Tully Friedman. Before H&F, Hellman was a founding partner of Hellman, Ferri Investment Associates, which would later be renamed Matrix Management Company. Today, Matrix is among the most prominent venture capital firms in the U.S. Before that, Hellman worked in investment banking at Lehman Brothers, where he served as president as well as head of the Investment Banking Division and Chairman of Lehman Corporation.[ citation needed ] Tully Friedman was formerly a managing director at Salomon Brothers. In 1997, Friedman left the firm to found Friedman Fleischer & Lowe, a private equity firm also based in San Francisco.[ citation needed ]

Recent

As of 2011, H&F employed approximately 50 investment professionals, including 15 managing directors, 6 principals and 13 associates as well as senior advisors and general counsels.[ citation needed ] In August 2013, the firm acquired Canada's largest insurance broker, Hub International, for around $4.4 billion. [5] In March 2014, the firm acquired Renaissance Learning, a firm providing assessment methods such as electronic tests that adapt questions in real time depending on how successfully the student is answering, for $1.1 billion in cash. [6]

In February 2015, it was announced that Hellman & Friedman were putting together a takeover bid for used car company Auto Trader, which could amount to an offer of £2 billion. [7] On May 18, 2017, Hellman & Friedman made a A$2.9 billion bid for Fairfax Media in Australia, starting a bidding war with TPG Group for the company. [8]

In May 2016, H&F agreed to a deal to acquire the healthcare cost management company MultiPlan Inc. for about $7.5 billion. [9]

In June 2018, it was announced that Hellman & Friedman were taking a controlling interest in the security monitoring company, SimpliSafe. [10]

In February 2019, it was announced that Hellman & Friedman purchased Ultimate Software for $11 billion, an all-cash transaction. [11] Ultimate Software has since been combined with Kronos Incorporated, and rolled into the brand Ultimate Kronos Group. [12] In December 2019, Hellman & Friedman acquired AutoScout24, a European automotive digital marketplace, for 2.9 billion euros ($3.2 billion) from Scout24. [13]

In 2020, Hellman & Friedman joined Diligent Corporation's Modern Leadership Initiative and pledged to create five new board roles among its portfolio companies for racially diverse candidates. [14] [15]

In July 2021, it was announced that Hellman & Friedman purchased At Home. [16]

In November 2021, H&F and Bain Capital agreed to buy Athenahealth for $17 Billion. [17]

Notable holdings

A core element in H&F's strategy is investing in "growth" opportunities whether in an industry sector or a specific company. H&F invests in a variety of structures, frequently making minority investments with only limited controls. Additionally, H&F has taken a number of unconventional steps to finance and close transactions, including arranging and syndicating the financing for several investments including Getty Images and Goodman Global. [18]

Since closing its sixth private equity fund in 2007, H&F has been active in making new investments:

Investment funds

H&F invests through a series of private equity funds (structured as limited partnerships) and its investors include a variety of pension funds, endowments and other institutional investors:

Source: Preqin [32] [33]

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  2. ↑ "Bloomberg Business". Bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on May 23, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
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  5. ↑ Greg Roumeliotis and Tanya Agrawal (August 5, 2013). "Hellman & Friedman agrees to acquire Hub in $4.4 billion deal". Reuters.
  6. ↑ Reuters Editorial (March 13, 2014). "Hellman & Friedman pays $1.1 billion for Renaissance Learning". Reuters. Retrieved January 19, 2016.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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  13. ↑ "Scout24 sells AutoScout24 to Hellman & Friedman," Reuters, December 17, 2019.
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  22. ↑ World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Hedge Fund Manager Acquired ( New York Times , 2006)
  23. ↑ The Deal That Even Awed Them in Houston ( New York Times , November 23, 2005)
  24. ↑ Hellman to Take Stake in Grosvenor ( New York Times , 2007)
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