F. Warren Hellman
12.18.11
With great sadness, we note the passing of our beloved friend and member of our Board of Directors F. Warren Hellman.
In many ways Warren was responsible for the creation of our firm and throughout our history provided great support and counsel to us.
Beyond his legendary career in business, Warren was one of the great public citizens of our time. Warren’s many contributions will be an enduring monument to his spirit.
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F. Warren Hellman is the Founder of Hellman & Friedman LLC, a leading private equity investment firm with offices in San Francisco, New York, and London. Since its founding in 1984, Hellman & Friedman has raised more than $25 billion of committed capital. The firm focuses on investing in superior business franchises and serving as a value-added partner to management.
From 1977 to 1982, Mr. Hellman was a General Partner of the Boston-based venture capital firm Hellman, Ferri Investment Associates. From 1982 to 1985 he was a General Partner of Matrix Partners (the successor to Hellman, Ferri). From 1962 to 1977, Mr. Hellman was a Partner at Lehman Brothers in New York, where he served as head of Lehman's Investment Banking Division and President and Director of Lehman Brothers.
Mr. Hellman is a Director of various public and private companies including D.N. & E. Walter & Co.; Sugar Bowl Corporation and others.
Mr. Hellman's civic and philanthropic activities include serving as past Chairman and current Trustee Emeritus of The San Francisco Foundation; Member of the Advisory Board of the Walter A. Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley; Trustee of the UC Berkeley Foundation; Trustee Emeritus of The Brookings Institution; Board Member of the Committee on JOBS; Member, Board of Directors & Executive Committee, Jewish Community Federation; Chair, Jewish Community Endowment Fund; Board Member of the S.F. Chamber of Commerce and Bay Area Council; Chairman, Voice of Dance; Board Member of Salesforce.com Foundation; and Founder and Chairman of the Board, The Bay Citizen. In 2005 Mr. Hellman was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Mr. Hellman twice completed the Western States Endurance Run, a 100-mile foot race from Squaw Valley to Auburn, and five times completed the Tevis Cup, a 100-mile horse race over the same course. He is also a five-time age group National Champion in Ride and Tie (combination of cross-country running and endurance horseback riding). He lettered at UC Berkeley in Water Polo. He is also a 5-string banjo player and is the Founder and principal sponsor of the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
Mr. Hellman is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley (1955) and Harvard Business School (1959).