Wellspring Capital Management

Wellspring Capital Management is an American private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout investments in middle-market companies across a range of industries.

Wellspring Capital Management
TypePrivate
IndustryPrivate equity
Founded1995 (1995)
FounderMartin Davis,[1] Greg Feldman
HeadquartersLever House
New York, New York, United States
ProductsLeveraged buyout
Total assets$2.2 billion
Number of employees
4800
Websitewww.wellspringcapital.com

The firm, which is based in New York City, was founded in 1995 by Martin Davis and Greg Feldman. Davis (1927-1999) was best known for his role in restructuring Gulf and Western Industries into Paramount Communications.[1] The firm has raised approximately $2.2 billion since inception across four funds. Wellspring completed fundraising on its fourth fund in 2005 with $1.0 billion of investor commitments[2] as a successor to its $665 million 2003 Fund III.[3] The current CEO of Wellspring is William F. Dawson, Jr.[4]

Among the firm's most notable investments are: Performance Food Group,[5][6] Lionel, Dave & Buster's[7] and Checkers.

In 2015 the firm acquired Bellwether Behavioral Health, a troubled for-profit group home operator that has faced challenges in Maryland,[8] New Jersey,[9] and Florida.[10]

Miscellaneous

The firm is not related to a Florida firm, Wellspring Capital, that was implicated in a Ponzi scheme in 2004.[11]

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