equity founded 1986 founder frank wright steven kumble headquarters new york new york united states key people t.j. maloney ceo products leveraged buyout total assets 1.7 billion number of employees 20 website www.lincolnshiremgmt.com lincolnshire management is a private equity firm focused on investments and acquisitions in middle market companies across a range of industries . in 2010 private equity news ranked lincolnshire as a top ten performing private equity firm . 1 additionally in 2011 cnn money fortune magazine ranked lincolnshire management as the 5th ranked private equity firm . 2 the firm which is based in new york city was founded in 1986 by frank wright 3 and steven kumble . 4 prior to founding lincolnshire wright had spent 31 years at manufacturers hanover trust company where he ran the special finance division which handled financing for leveraged buyouts in the early 1980s . after wright s death in 1992 james tozer was named president and chief executive 5 and was succeeded in 1998 by t.j. maloney . in 2005 kumble left the firm to found corinthian capital . the firm has raised approximately 1.7 billion and completed more than 55 investments since inception across four private equity funds . lincolnshire did not raise its first institutional private equity fund until 1994 when it raised 120 million of commitments . in 2008 lincolnshire completed fundraising for its fourth private equity fund with 835 million of investor commitments in excess of its original target and nearly twice the size of its 433 million third fund in 2005 . 6 among the firm s most notable investments include riddell 7 8 prince sports 9 and american coach lines . in august 2009 lincolnshire invested in wabash national corporation 10 a manufacturer of flat bed trailers which had previously acquired transcraft a lincolnshire portfolio company . 11 references edit private equity news 2010 annual ranking pdf . lgvcapital.com . december 6 2010 . and the best private equitiy firm is . cnn money fortune magazine . january 13 2011 . frank c. wright 59 a finance executive . new york times . december 13 1992 . corinthian capital steven j. kumble . corinthiancap.com . company news ; executive changes . new york times . april 13 1993 . http www.buyoutsnews.com story.asp storycode 45983 fenway partners buys sports apparel manufacturer . new york times . july 8 2003 . chief executive at riddell sports quits . new york times . june 26 2001 . ben harrington 16 april 2007 . new deal likely for prince . telegraph.co.uk . chris prentice . wabash national from near death to top small cap stock . businessweek.com . http www.thedeal.com magazine id 035025 special reports 1 pe deals of the year lincolnshire s wabash cannonball.php external links edit official website american capital joins lincolnshire management in winning private equity deal of the year from los angeles venture association january 2007 aig highstar capital enters into agreement to purchase amports inc from lincolnshire management april 2007 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lincolnshire management & oldid 712895585 categories private equity firms of the united statescompanies based in new york citycompanies established in 19861986 establishments in new york 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 31 march 2016 at 18 33 . 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