9, 2012, Wolverine World Wide, Golden Gate Capital and Blum Capital acquired Collective Brands. On July 28, 2014, Golden Gate completed the purchase of Red Lobster from Darden Restaurants, for $2.1 billion. In November, Golden Gate Capital agreed to buy Angus Chemical Co. and its Sterlington plant from Dow Chemical, for $1.215 billion. In May 2015, the company backed Philip P. Gass and Kostas Cheliotis with $750 million for a reinsurance company. That month, Golden Gate Capital, with Arcapita Bank, also sold its J.Jill retail holdings to TowerBrook. In September 2016, the company acquired lifestyle clothing brand PacSun, after the retailer completed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In January 2017, the company purchased the Bob Evans Restaurants division from Bob Evans Farms, for $565 million. On August 8, 2017, Golden Gate Capital finalized the acquisition of Neustar, Inc., previously NSR, a publicly traded company. In June 2018, the company announced that it had established a new operating company, PSEB Group. PSEB is composed of two Golden Gate portfolio companies: Eddie Bauer and Pacific Sunwear of California. In July, Golden Gate Capital announced that it had acquired The Learning Experience, one of the nation's largest and fastest-growing academies of early education and child care providers. In November, Golden Gate Capital announced that it had acquired Vector Solutions of Tampa from Providence Equity Partners, for an undisclosed sum. In September 2019, Golden Gate Capital acquired autism and childhood behavioral health services provider, Invo Holding, LLC, for an undisclosed amount. In November, the firm sold Stonehill Environmental Partners, which it had co-founded in 2015 as a de novo investment, in a partnership with Stonehill CEO and co-founder Jay Parkinson. NGL Energy Partners acquired the Central Delaware Basin water pipeline and disposal infrastructure company for approximately USD $600 million. References External links Golden Gate Capital Web Site Private equity firms of the United States Financial services companies based in California Companies based in San Francisco Financial services companies established in 2000 2000 establishments in California American companies established in 2000 Privately held companies based in California