Hellman & Friedman LLC

Hellman & Friedman LLC is a large-scale private equity firm that pursues concentrated, control-oriented investments in market-leading companies within a select group of industries where it has developed deep sector expertise. The firm focuses on software and technology, financial services, healthcare, consumer services, business services, and insurance sectors, committing equity of $300 million to $1 billion per investment in companies that demonstrate predictable revenue and earnings growth, defensible competitive positions, and capacity for long-term value creation. Transaction types include leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, corporate divestitures, secondary buyouts, growth capital investments, and take-private transactions, with majority control positions as the standard ownership structure. Hellman & Friedman operates as a partner-owned firm with no outside ownership interests, maintaining a single private equity strategy and building concentrated portfolios across the United States and Europe. The firm tends to avoid asset-intensive or capital-heavy industrial businesses, preferring services, software, and information-oriented business models. Founded in 1984 by Warren Hellman and Tully Friedman, the firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, with additional offices in New York and London.