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 30 website www.blumcapital.com blum capital partners formerly blum capital is an american private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout growth capital and pipe investments in small cap and middle market companies across a range of industries . the firm is known for pioneering a hybrid private equity strategic block investment strategy in public companies . the firm which is based in san francisco was founded in 1975 by richard c. blum . the firm has raised approximately 4.5 billion since inception across four institutional private equity funds raised since 1998 . contents 1 history 2 investments 3 references 4 external links history edit prior to founding blum capital richard c. blum worked at sutro & co. an investment management and brokerage firm founded in 1858 . while at sutro blum led a partnership that acquired the struggling ringling bros. and barnum & bailey circus in 1967 for 8 million and sold it to mattel inc. for 40 million just four years later . among blum capital s most notable investments have been fair isaac 2 lenovo 3 dhl airways 4 and cb richard ellis . 5 6 7 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 edit on october 9 2012 wolverine world wide golden gate capital and blum capital took over collective brands . 8 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 . 9 references edit institutional private equity funds raised since 1998 . source preqin blum buys larger stake in fair isaac . san francisco business times october 10 2000 hardware equity stake in lenovo . new york times march 31 2005 deutsche post to sell stake in dhl airways . new york times may 22 2003 cb richard ellis to expand in new york with acquisition . new york times february 19 2003 investors to buy real estate company . new york times february 26 2001 investors seek remaining shares of cb richard ellis . 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 . 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 . new york times september 29 2004 gore and investors buy cable news channel . new york times may 5 2004 external links edit blum capital company website v t e private equity and venture capital investment firms investment strategy venture growth mezzanine secondaries leveraged buyout history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s investors angel investor corporate venture capital commercial bank crowdfunding institutional investor insurance company investment bank endowment family office fund of funds high net worth individual merchant bank pension fund sovereign wealth fund private equity firms venture capital firms portfolio companies this article about a private equity or venture capital firm based in the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title blum capital & oldid 656572168 categories private equity firms of the united statesunited states private equity firm stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 april 2015 at 06 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view