private industry private equity founded 1995 founder martin davis 1 greg feldman headquarters lever house new york new york united states products leveraged buyout total assets 2.2 billion number of employees 4800 website www.wellspringcapital.com wellspring capital management is an american private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout investments in middle market companies across a range of industries . the firm which is based in new york city was founded in 1995 by martin davis and greg feldman . davis 1927 1999 was best known for his role in restructuring gulf and western industries into paramount communications . 1 the firm has raised approximately 2.2 billion since inception across four funds . wellspring completed fundraising on its fourth fund in 2005 with 1.0 billion of investor commitments 2 as a successor to its 665 million 2003 fund iii . 3 the current ceo of wellspring is william f. dawson jr. 4 among the firm s most notable investments are performance food group 5 6 lionel dave & buster s 7 and checkers . miscellaneous edit the firm is not related to a florida firm wellspring capital that was implicated in a ponzi scheme in 2004 . 8 references edit a b martin davis 72 ; created modern paramount . new york times october 6 1999 us wellspring closes fund iv on 1bn . altassets november 30 2005 us wellspring capital management closes 665m fund . altassets april 30 2003 1 equity firms acquiring food supplier . bloomberg january 19 2008 blackstone wellspring to acquire performance food group in 1.3 bn deal . altassets january 18 2008 business wire dec 9 2005 dave & buster s inc. agrees to be acquired by wellspring capital for 18.05 cash per share more problems for wellspring capital . new york times february 29 2004 external links edit wellspring capital management 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 wellspring capital management & oldid 687218835 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 24 october 2015 at 02 40 . 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