Fremont Group

Fremont Group

Fremont Group is a private investment group based in San Francisco, California, USA. It was formerly known as Bechtel Investments, reflecting its ownership by the Bechtel family.

The firm is comprised of three business areas:

* [http://www.fprpartners.com/ FPR Partners] - a hedge fund
* [http://www.fremontrealtycapital.com/ Fremont Realty Capital] - a real estate investment firm
* [http://www.fremontventures.com/ Fremont Ventures] - a venture capital investment firm

Other Organizations

In 2007, [http://www.caleracapital.com Calera Capital] , a San Francisco based private equity firm that spun out of the Fremont Group (its first institutional investor), changed its name from Fremont Partners as part of a rebranding effort in advance of raising its fourth private equity fund. [ [http://www.caleracapital.com/pdf/20070222.pdf www.caleracapital.com/pdf/20070222.pdf] (Reprint from TheDeal.com, February 2007)]

The Fremont Group also makes a note of distinguishing itself from [http://www.fremontgeneral.com/ Fremont General Corp] , a financial services company and [http://www.1800fremont.com/ Fremont Investment & Loan] , a retail bank.

Controversy

On May 5, 2003, "The New Yorker" ran an [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/05/05/030505ta_talk_mayer?printable=true article] revealing that the bin Laden family has invested $10 million in The Fremont Group. [ [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/05/05/030505ta_talk_mayer?printable=true The Contractors] (by Jane Mayer. The New Yorker, May 5, 2003)] [ [http://money.cnn.com/2003/05/05/news/companies/war_bechtel/ The Bechtel-bin Laden connection] (CNNMoney.com)]

The investments represent a small fraction of the assets managed by Fremont, which has counted former Secretary of State George P. Shultz as a director. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E6D61F31F93BA15753C1A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 Bin Laden Family, With Deep Western Ties, Strives to Re-establish a Name] (New York Times, 2001)]

References

* [http://www.fremontgroup.com Fremont Group] (official website)


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