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'''Adam Blumenthal''' is an American businessman and private equity firm executive. He is the founder and Managing Partner of [[Blue Wolf Capital Partners]], a private equity firm in [[New York City]] that manages $1.2 billion in capital.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.finalternatives.com/node/36055 |title=Blue Wolf Capital Partners Raises $540M For Oversubscribed Fourth Fund|date=October 23, 2017 |publisher=FINalternatives}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/lbo-profile-blue-wolf-embraces-complexity-in-a-regulated-world-1511790686|author=Laura Cooper |title=LBO Profile: Blue Wolf Embraces Complexity in a Regulated World|date=November 27, 2017|publisher=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Adam Blumenthal attended [[Stuyvesant High School]]<ref>https://www.classmates.com/people/Adam-Blumenthal/612833591</ref> and [[Harvard College]], and received his M.B.A from [[Yale School of Management]] in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://som.yale.edu/profile/adam-blumenthal-89 |title=Adam Blumenthal ’89|accessdate=May 19, 2018|publisher=[[Yale School of Management]]}}</ref> During his youth he worked as a [[Community organizing|community organizer]].<ref>https://som.yale.edu/profile/adam-blumenthal-89</ref>

==Career==
In 1989 Blumenthal joined American Capital. After leaving American Capital in 2002, Blumenthal was chief financial officer at the [[New York City Comptroller]]’s office.<ref name=ABM>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=72562&privcapId=22253175&previousCapId=22253175&previousTitle=Blue%20Wolf%20Capital%20Partners%20LLC |title=Company Overview of Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC Adam M. Blumenthal|date=May 18, 2018|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]}}</ref><ref name=Leadership>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uawtrust.org/leadership |title=Leadership|accessdate=May 16, 2018|publisher=UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust}}</ref><ref name=AB>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/14019739-adam-blumenthal |title=Adam Blumenthal|accessdate=May 19, 2018|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pionline.com/article/20020530/ONLINE/205300719/adam-blumenthal-was-named-new-york-city-first-deputy-comptrollercfo|title=Adam Blumenthal was named New York City first deputy comptroller/CFO.|date=May 30, 2002|publisher=Pensions & Investments}}</ref>

Blumenthal is currently managing director of Blue Wolf Capital Partners, a mid-size private equity firm that was founded in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.privateequityinternational.com/responsible-investment-barking-new-tree/ |title=Barking up a new sustainability tree|date=February 21, 2018 |publisher=[[Private Equity International]]}}</ref> He also serves on the board of directors of the following Blue Wolf portfolio companies: [[Channel Technologies Group]] LLC., Finch Paper Holdings LLC, Gloucester Engineering Co., Inc., Pharmaceutical Strategies Group LLC, Suwannee Lumber Co. and Twin Rivers Paper Company.<ref name=AB/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/lbo-profile-blue-wolf-embraces-complexity-in-a-regulated-world-1511790686|author=Thomas Dunford |title=The Morning Leverage: Private Equity Has A Green Thumb|date=January 4, 2012|publisher=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/977025/blue-wolf-brings-in-540m-for-latest-pe-fund|title=Blue Wolf Brings In $540M For Latest PE Fund|date=October 23, 2017|publisher=[[Law360]]}}</ref>

In October 2019, Blumenthal conceived of the term “polarization tax” to describe the burden businesses now face amidst challenging political and economic environments, which contrasts with the benefits of the [[peace dividend]] in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Forget a peace dividend, are we paying a 'polarization tax'?|url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/are-we-paying-polarization-tax|website=Fox Business|date=November 1, 2019}}</ref>

==Boards and philanthropy==
He served on the Yale School of Management's Board of Advisors from 2004 to 2007 and was named a Donaldson Fellow in 2009. He was Chairman of the investment committee of the [[United Auto Workers]] VEBA from 2011 through 2017.<ref name=UAW/> He was a trustee and served on investment committees  at the [[Community Service Society of New York]] and [[Nathan Cummings Foundation]].<ref name=ABM/><ref name=Leadership/><ref name=UAW>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bluewolfcapital.com/team/adam-blumenthal/|title=About Team|accessdate=May 16, 2018|publisher=[[Blue Wolf Capital Partners]]}}</ref>

Blumenthal has helped fund the Adam Blumenthal Fellowship at the [[Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations|Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://smlr.rutgers.edu/content/adam-blumenthal-fellowship|author=Benjamin Horney|title=Adam Blumenthal Fellowship|accessdate=May 12, 2018|publisher=[[Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations]]}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://som.yale.edu/profile/adam-blumenthal-89 Yale profile]
* [https://smlr.rutgers.edu/content/adam-blumenthal-fellowship Rutgers fellow page]

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