Hellman & Friedman
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Hellman & Friedman is a private equity firm founded in 1984, focusing on large-scale investments in high-quality, growing businesses in developed markets. It operates as a partnership with offices in San Francisco, New York, and London.
Hellman & Friedman is a private equity firm headquartered in San Francisco, United States, founded in 1984. It invests directly in companies, from growth to buyout, in technology, healthcare, consumer Services & Retail and financial Services. ~$115B under management and 100 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We are focused on making a limited number of large-scale private equity-related investments in high quality, growing businesses in the developed markets.”
— Hellman & Friedman, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Private equity
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Invests in
- North America, Europe
- Sectors
- Technology, Healthcare, Consumer Services & Retail, Financial Services, Information, Content & Business Services
- Founded
- 1984
- Assets under management
- ~$115B
- Portfolio
- 100 companies
Team, as Hellman & Friedman publishes it
- Aron Ain Operating Partner
- Ted Akiskalos Managing Director
- Casilda Aresti Principal
- Julia Arnold Director of Partner Services
- Ahad Badruddin Associate
- Stuart Banks Partner & General Counsel, Europe
- Catie Barile Director
- Kevin Barrera Associate
- Brooke Baxter Associate
- Matt Belcher Head of Tax and Partner Services
- Jake Bennett Associate
- Jacob Best Partner
Names and roles exactly as listed on hf.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 30 co-investors found.
- JMI Equity 6 shared companies: internetbrands.com, appliedsystems.com, blackbaud.com, ellucian.com…
- Leonard Green & Partners 3 shared companies: ellucian.com, calibercollision.com, hubinternational.com
- Glynn Capital Management, LLC 1 shared company: edelmanfinancialengines.com
- Warburg Pincus 1 shared company: edelmanfinancialengines.com
- Temasek Holdings 1 shared company: internetbrands.com
- Brightspark Ventures 1 shared company: genesys.com
- Sentinel Global 1 shared company: genesys.com
- York IE 1 shared company: blackbaud.com
- PHX Ventures 1 shared company: ellucian.com
- Teamworthy Group LLC 1 shared company: ellucian.com
and 20 more — the graph.
Limited partners that disclose a commitment
From the LP's own published fund list — the LP is the source, not the manager.
- California Public Employees' Retirement System → Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners IX, L.P. · vintage 2020 · $432,811,370 committed · source
- California Public Employees' Retirement System → Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners VII · vintage 2011 · $300,000,000 committed · source
- California Public Employees' Retirement System → Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners VIII, L.P. · vintage 2016 · $500,000,000 committed · source
- California Public Employees' Retirement System → Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners X, L.P. · vintage 2021 · $687,608,057 committed · source
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Hellman & Friedman publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://hf.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, sectors, status, confidence
- https://hf.com/our-portfolio/invests_in_geographies
- https://hf.com/approach/stage_min, stage_max, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page
- https://hf.com/about/description, founded, aum, portfolio_count
- https://hf.com/meet-the-hf-team/people
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Record 1320 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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