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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. ==History== 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,〔(Blum buys larger stake in Fair, Isaac ). San Francisco Business Times, October 10, 2000〕 Lenovo,〔(Hardware: Equity Stake In Lenovo ). New York Times, March 31, 2005〕 DHL Airways〔(DEUTSCHE POST TO SELL STAKE IN DHL AIRWAYS ). New York Times, May 22, 2003〕 and CB Richard Ellis.〔(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〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blum Capital」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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