Francisco Partners Management, L.P. (San Francisco)


Francisco Partners Management, L.P. is a large advisory firm based in San Francisco. It manages $11.98 billion of regulatory assets for 19 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California and New York.

Francisco Partners Management provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Francisco Partners Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Francisco Partners Management, L.P. is $11.98 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 135% since the beginning of its operation, and $10.25 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $11.98 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $630.5 million each.
Francisco Partners Management has custody of $1.2 million in cash and securities for 2 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Francisco Partners Management, L.P. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Francisco Partners Management serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Francisco Partners Management is pooled investment vehicles with 19 clients and $11.98 billion of assets under management. Among the 7 most similar advisory firms, Francisco Partners Management has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $11.98 billion for 19 clients. 53% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Francisco Partners Management also advises several private funds. Namely, nineteen private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $5,000 to $500,000.

Careers at Francisco Partners Management, L.P.

The company employs 80 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 63 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

David Richard Golob has served as the Chief Investment Officer since 1 Mar 2015 and Dipanjan (Nmn) Deb is the Chief Executive Officer of Francisco Partners Management, L.P. family office. L.P Francisco Partners Holdings joined the executive team most recently as the Owner.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Benjamin Hales Ball Partner 1 Jun 2000 Other 6028843
Neil Michael Garfinkel Partner 1 Jun 2000 Other 6028844
Dipanjan (Nmn) Deb Managing partner 1 Jun 2000 Other 2175067
David Richard Golob Partner 1 Sep 2001 Other 5312228
Keith Bewley Geeslin Partner 1 Jan 2004 Other 1323282
Ezra Ben Perlman Partner 1 Sep 2007 Other 6028845
Andrew Jeffrey Kowal Partner 1 Jan 2010 Other 3262308
Thomas Lawrence Ludwig Chief operating officer 1 Jan 2010 Other 3094786
Deep (Nmn) Shah Partner 1 Jan 2010 Other 6028849
Llc Francisco Partners Management Gp General partner 1 Jan 2012 Other 45-4446303
John Herr Chief financial officer 1 Jan 2013 Other 5562076
John Winship Herr Chief financial officer 1 Jan 2013 Other 5562076
Kristen Leigh Buppert Chief compliance officer and senior counsel 1 Mar 2013 Other 6136633
Dipanjan (Nmn) Deb Chief executive officer 1 Mar 2015 Other 2175067
David Richard Golob Chief investment officer 1 Mar 2015 Other 5312228
Ezra Ben Perlman Co-president 1 Mar 2015 Other 6028845
Deep (Nmn) Shah Co-president 1 Mar 2015 Other 6028849
Steven Glenn Eisner General counsel and chief compliance officer 1 Jan 2017 Other 6029303
L.P Francisco Partners Holdings Owner 1 Jul 2018 75% - 100% 98-1435182

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 19 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Dipanjan (Nmn) Deb Elected manager 1 Jan 2012 Other 2175067
Benjamin Hales Ball Elected manager 1 Jan 2012 Other 6028843
Neil Michael Garfinkel Elected manager 1 Jan 2012 Other 6028844
Keith Bewley Geeslin Elected manager 1 Jan 2012 Other 1323282
David Richard Golob Elected manager 1 Jan 2012 Other 5312228
Andrew Jeffrey Kowal Elected manager 1 Jan 2012 Other 3262308
Thomas Lawrence Ludwig Elected manager 1 Jan 2012 Other 3094786
Ezra Ben Perlman Elected manager 1 Jan 2012 Other 6028845
Sanford Richard Robertson Elected manager 1 Jan 2012 Other 401364
Deep (Nmn) Shah Elected manager 1 Jan 2012 Other 6028849
David Michael Stanton Elected manager 1 Jan 2012 Other 6028847
Petri Kristian Oksanen Elected manager 1 Jan 2017 Other 4690657
Peter George Christodoulo Elected manager 1 Jan 2017 Other 4838626
Christopher Michael Adams Elected manager 1 Jan 2017 Other 6932483
Matthew Steven Spetzler Elected manager 1 Jan 2017 Other 6932485
L.P. Francisco Partners Feeder Owner 1 Jul 2018 75% - 100% 98-1435326
Llc Francisco Partners Management Gp General partner 1 Jul 2018 Other 45-4446303
Thomas Lawrence Ludwig Elected manager 1 Jul 2018 Other 3094786
Dipanjan (Nmn) Deb Elected manager 1 Jul 2018 Other 2175067

Based in San Francisco

The principal office where Francisco Partners Management, L.P. performs its advisory services is located at One Letterman Drive, San Francisco, CA 94129, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in New York, NY. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 415-418-2900 or by fax 415-418-2999. The normal business hours are 9:00 am - 5:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at franciscopartners.com.