Fremont Group


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

Organizations

The firm consists of three business areas:
In 2007, Calera Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm that spun out of the Fremont Group, changed its name from Fremont Partners as part of a rebranding effort in advance of raising its fourth private equity fund.
The Fremont Group also distinguishing itself from , a financial services company and , a retail bank.

Controversy

On May 5, 2003, The New Yorker ran an revealing that the bin Laden family has invested $10 million in The Fremont Group. 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.