Hellman & Friedman Private Equity San Francisco-New York-London

Our Sectors

Deep domain expertise across our core sectors.

Technology

H&F was an early private equity investor in large cap software, with our first investment in the late 1990s, and has become a market leader with extensive experience in the sector and a proven capacity to generate value. We have deep experience helping companies navigate rapidly changing market dynamics and believe in investing heavily in the growth of our businesses.
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Healthcare

H&F spent several years studying the healthcare industry to find interesting sub sectors where we could leverage our existing significant expertise in software, data driven, and people based businesses. We made our first healthcare investment in 1997. We partner with differentiated businesses that create compelling value propositions for patients, providers and payers. Our deep experience in related sectors of technology, insurance and financial services add unique insights into the complex and changing healthcare ecosystem.
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Consumer Services & Retail

Superior consumer and retail franchises are a natural fit for H&F’s investment philosophy. We look to partner with great management teams in companies with differentiated business models and strong growth prospects. Our related experience in the Internet & media sector provides us unique insights in an evolving retail and consumer landscape.
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Financial Services

H&F has invested in financial services for over 30 years, investing in asset management businesses since its inception. Since then, H&F has expanded that focus to include insurance and insurance services, financial technology, as well as other sub sectors of the industry, such as financial advisors and distribution, payments and securities services. We have created value as an investor across a wide range of business models in the sector.
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Information, Content & Business Services

For over 20 years, H&F has been an active investor in various segments of business services, with a particular emphasis on marketing services, information services, and people led businesses. We look for businesses positioned for substantial growth that deliver differentiated value propositions to their clients, and we are flexible about investment structuring to best align with management teams and stakeholders.
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A singular focus makes us a stronger partner.

“One of the reasons our firm has thrived is that people treat each other with respect and decency. People want each other to succeed, because if they succeed we succeed.”

Deep domain expertise across our core sectors.

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