Hellman & Friedman
Where does it rank among the top PE firms? I looked at their 'team' and it looks like they hire the best of the best. Does anyone have any first-hand experience in dealing with H&F?
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One of the top middle market players.
They like kids from top groups. UBS LA, etc.
Great place. Recently raised $8.4 billion, so it certainly has the firepower to go after major targets. Has made some major returns recently on several investments (eg. DoubleClick). Takes people from top groups. Overall, great place.
I have a friend that left the PE arm at Goldman (after two years) to work at HF (she liked the SF location, and even turned down a Bain Cap offer just before her transfer). I disagree with the assertion that HF is a middle market player, which I believe is driven by the fact that they're based on the West coast (perhaps gibranmeng would categorize Silver Lake as middle market as well). In any case, they've got high quality people and a new fund worth ~$8.5 billion...
HF comp is amazing and the people are really down to earth. One of my buddies turned down KKR to work there just because of the people and the lifestyle.
Their associates are from top schools and mostly East Coast transplants. Here in the West Coast they're well regarded as a shop. I agree that I wouldn't put them strictly as "middle-market" since they have a pretty good mix of investments and recently raised a good chunk of change. Probably one of the better shops overall.
Definitely not a mid market shop, not KKR/Blackstone, but not much behind either
H&F is top notch - on average their IRRs have beaten any of the big name buyout shops, possibly with the exception of Apollo. If I a choice between partner track positions among all the PE firms in the world, I would probably go with H&F.
That being said, for non-partner track positions, I still don't think anything can beat the name of KKR or Blackstone.
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