Hellman & Friedman
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Hellman & Friedman is a San Francisco–based private equity firm known for large-scale investments in technology, financial services, and other sectors.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hellman & Friedman canonical | 10 |
| Hellman & Friedman (former) | 1 |
| Hellman & Friedman LLC | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T123007 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Hellman & Friedman Context triple: [DoubleClick, formerParentOrganization, Hellman & Friedman]
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A.
Hellman
Hellman is a surname most notably associated with Martin Hellman, the American cryptologist and co-inventor of the Diffie–Hellman key exchange.
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B.
Sally Kornbluth
Sally Kornbluth is an American cell biologist and academic leader who became the 18th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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C.
Bettina Aptheker
Bettina Aptheker is an American political activist, feminist scholar, and professor known for her prominent role in the 1960s student movements and long-standing work in civil rights and social justice.
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D.
Dorothie Hellman
Dorothie Hellman is an American peace activist and author known for her work on conflict resolution and for coauthoring books on personal and global peace with her husband, cryptographer Martin Hellman.
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E.
Philip Handler
Philip Handler was an influential American biochemist and longtime president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, recognized for his leadership in science policy and public service.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Hellman & Friedman Target entity description: Hellman & Friedman is a San Francisco–based private equity firm known for large-scale investments in technology, financial services, and other sectors.
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A.
Hellman
Hellman is a surname most notably associated with Martin Hellman, the American cryptologist and co-inventor of the Diffie–Hellman key exchange.
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B.
Sally Kornbluth
Sally Kornbluth is an American cell biologist and academic leader who became the 18th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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C.
Bettina Aptheker
Bettina Aptheker is an American political activist, feminist scholar, and professor known for her prominent role in the 1960s student movements and long-standing work in civil rights and social justice.
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D.
Dorothie Hellman
Dorothie Hellman is an American peace activist and author known for her work on conflict resolution and for coauthoring books on personal and global peace with her husband, cryptographer Martin Hellman.
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E.
Philip Handler
Philip Handler was an influential American biochemist and longtime president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, recognized for his leadership in science policy and public service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
investment firm
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private equity firm ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Hellman & Friedman
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surface form:
Hellman & Friedman LLC
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| basedIn |
San Francisco Bay Area
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surface form:
San Francisco–Bay Area
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focusesOn |
business services
ⓘ
financial services sector ⓘ healthcare sector ⓘ media sector ⓘ software companies ⓘ technology sector ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Tully Friedman
ⓘ
Warren Hellman ⓘ |
| hasOfficeIn |
London, England
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surface form:
London
New York City ⓘ San Francisco ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
San Francisco ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| industry |
financial services
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investment management ⓘ private equity ⓘ |
| investmentStyle |
growth equity
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large-scale investments ⓘ leveraged buyouts ⓘ |
| notableInvestment |
Allfunds Bank
ⓘ
At Home Group ⓘ Checkmarx ⓘ Cordis ⓘ DoubleClick ⓘ Gainsight ⓘ Genesys ⓘ Getty Images ⓘ Hub International ⓘ MultiPlan ⓘ NASDAQ ⓘ
surface form:
Nasdaq
Scout24 ⓘ SimCorp ⓘ Sprinklr ⓘ TeamSystem ⓘ Ultimate Software ⓘ Verisure ⓘ Zendesk ⓘ |
| targetCompanyType |
companies with defensible market positions
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companies with strong cash flows ⓘ market-leading companies ⓘ |
| typicalInvestmentSize | large-cap ⓘ |
| website | https://www.hf.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Hellman & Friedman Description of subject: Hellman & Friedman is a San Francisco–based private equity firm known for large-scale investments in technology, financial services, and other sectors.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.