Blum Capital Partners
http://www.blumcapital.com/Blum Capital Partners is a $2.8 billion investment firm based in San Francisco. The firm makes strategic block and control investments in public and private transactions. The firm's investment strategy combines the private equity process applied to the public markets along with an ability to play a constructive and active role in unlocking value from portfolio companies through the implementation of financial, operational and governance initiatives. The firm was founded in 1975 and has applied their strategy to small and mid-sized companies to unlock shareholder value.
Richard C. Blum is the Founder and Chairman of Blum Capital and has pioneered the firm's strategy. Prior to founding Blum Capital, he was with Sutro & Co. for seventeen years. Mr. Blum graduated with a BA and MBA from the University of California Berkeley.
