Blum Capital
Blum Capital Partners, L.P., also known as Blum Capital,[2] is an American private equity firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm is focused on leveraged buyout, growth capital and PIPE investments in small cap and middle-market companies. Blum Capital became known for pioneering a hybrid strategy for investing in public companies, combining private equity and strategic block investment.
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Industry | Private equity |
Founded | 1975 |
Founder | Richard C. Blum |
Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States |
Products | Leveraged buyout, PIPE, growth capital |
Total assets | $4.5 billion[1] |
Number of employees | over 30 |
Website | www |
History
Prior to founding his eponymous firm, Richard C. Blum worked at Sutro & Co., an investment management and brokerage company, founded in 1858, where he led a partnership that acquired the struggling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in 1967, for $8 million, which was then sold to Mattel Inc. for $40 million, in 1971.
Blum founded Blum Capital in 1975;[3] since 1998, the company has raised approximately USD $4.5 billion from four institutional private equity funds.
Fair Isaac,[4] Lenovo,[5] DHL Airways,[6] and CB Richard Ellis have been significant investments for Blum Capital.[7][8][9]
In 1994, Blum Capital entered into a joint venture, Newbridge Capital, with Texas Pacific Group and Acon Investments to invest in Asia and Latin America.
Investments
Following the 2007–08 financial crisis, the firm sustained major financial losses in its real estate investments. Its investment into CB Richard Ellis Group (CBRE)—into which Blum Capital had invested over the previous 30 years, helping to take the company public—decreased by about 37% amid "global economic concerns that impacted real estate markets".[3]
In June 2011, Blum Capital had a $1.87 billion stock portfolio, which was decreased 36%, to about $1.19 billion, by November 2011. Six of the firm's seven-largest public stock investments had also lost "at least 22% of their value" in the same five-month period.[3]
On October 9, 2012, Wolverine World Wide, Golden Gate Capital and Blum Capital took over Collective Brands.[10]
On March 26, 2015, it was announced that Blum Capital and FRHI Hotels & Resorts will acquire 88% of the shares of the Grand del Mar Resort in San Diego.[11][12]
References
- Institutional private equity funds raised since 1998. Source: Preqin
- "Limited Partner Login". blumcapital.com. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- Eder, Steve; Zuckerman, Gregory (November 11, 2011). "Seeing Winners Become Losers". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- Blum buys larger stake in Fair, Isaac. San Francisco Business Times, October 10, 2000
- Hardware: Equity Stake In Lenovo; The New York Times, March 31, 2005
- DEUTSCHE POST TO SELL STAKE IN DHL AIRWAYS; The New York Times; May 22, 2003.
- CB Richard Ellis to Expand In New York With Acquisition; The New York Times, February 19, 2003.
- Investors to Buy Real Estate Company; The New York Times, February 26, 2001.
- INVESTORS SEEK REMAINING SHARES OF CB RICHARD ELLIS; The New York Times, November 14, 2000.
- "Wolverine Worldwide, Golden Gate Capital and Blum Capital complete acquisition of Collective Brands". Golden Gate Capital.
- Weisberg, Lori (26 March 2015). "Grand Del Mar hotel to be sold". U-T San Diego. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- admin. "Blum Capital & Fairmont Acquire San Diego, CA's Grand Del Mar; To Rebrand as Fairmont Grand Del Mar". Hotel-Online. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
External links
- "Richard Blum: The man behind URS, next to Sen. Feinstein" San Francisco Chronicle, 2003.
- "Richard Blum hones art of upping shareholder value" Bloomberg News; August 4, 2002.
- "Australia: Bid For Pub Owner". The New York Times, September 29, 2004.
- "Gore and Investors Buy Cable News Channel". The New York Times, May 5, 2004.
External links
- Blum Capital (company website)