Hellman & Friedman

Hellman & Friedman LLC
Company typePrivate
IndustryPrivate equity
Founded1984 (1984)
FounderWarren Hellman
Tully Friedman
HeadquartersSalesforce Tower
San Francisco, California, United States
Products
AUMUS$107.5 billion (March 2025)
Total assetsUS$25 billion
Number of employees
200+ (2025)
Websitewww.hf.com

Hellman & Friedman (H&F) is an American private equity firm founded in 1984 by Warren Hellman and Tully Friedman that makes investments primarily through leveraged buyouts as well as growth capital investments. It has focused its efforts on several core target industries including media, financial services, professional services and information services.

Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York and London, H&F tends to avoid asset intensive or other industrial businesses (e.g., manufacturing, chemicals, transportation). In June 2024, it ranked 13th in Private Equity International's PEI 300 ranking among the world's largest private equity firms.