Richard C. Blum
| Richard C. Blum | |
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Blum at UC Berkeley in 2009
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| First Gentleman of San Francisco | |
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In role January 20, 1980 – January 8, 1988 |
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| Preceded by | Gina Moscone |
| Succeeded by | Sherry Agnos (First Lady) |
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Richard Charles Blum July 31, 1935 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Dianne Feinstein (1980–present) |
| Alma mater | Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation | Investment banker |
Richard C. Blum (born July 31, 1935) is an American investment banker. He is the husband of United States Senator from California Dianne Feinstein. He is the chairman and president of Blum Capital, an equity investment management firm that acts as general partner for various investment partnerships and provides investment advisory services. Blum also serves in various boards of directors of several companies, including CB Richard Ellis. He is also a regent of the University of California, where until May 2009 he served as the chairman of that board.
Coming from San Francisco's public schools, Blum graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his B.S. in business administration in 1958, and an MBA in 1959, both degrees coming from the Haas School of Business. Blum also studied abroad in 1957 at the University of Vienna in Vienna, Austria through IES Abroad.
In the 1970s, Blum supported then Mayor of San Francisco George Moscone. After Moscone's assassination, Blum supported the new mayor Dianne Feinstein; they married in 1980.
Blum founded Blum Capital in 1975 and pioneered the firm’s hybrid Strategic Block/Private Equity investment strategy. Mr. Blum currently serves as Chairman of the board of directors of CB Richard Ellis and is a director on the boards of directors of three other portfolio companies: Fairmont Raffles Holdings International Ltd., Current Media, L.L.C. and Myer Pty Ltd. in Australia. Mr. Blum co-founded Newbridge Capital in the early 1990s and is Co-Chairman of TPG Asia V, L.P. (the successor fund to the Newbridge franchise that has been incorporated into Texas Pacific Group).
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