United States National Football League (NFL) Retired Football Star Steve Young $8 Billion Private Equity Firm HGGC (Previous Huntsman Gay Capital Partners) Raised $3.2 Billion for 5th Middle Market Private Equity Fund, HGGC Founded in 2007 by Steve Young, Rich Lawson, Greg Benson & Bob Gay, Steve Young Personal Fortune at $200 Million & Earned $49 Million in Football Career
21st February 2026 | Hong Kong
United States National Football League (NFL) retired football star Steve Young private equity firm HGGC (Previous Huntsman Gay Capital Partners) with $8 billion AUM has raised $3.2 billion for the 5th middle market private equity fund. HGGC was founded in 2007 by Steve Young, Rich Lawson, Greg Benson & Bob Gay. Steve Young personal fortune estimated at $200 million, and earned estimated $49 million in his football career. HGGC – Since 2007, we’ve specialized in transforming good businesses into great companies through our differentiated approach to partnership investing. With a focus on the middle market, we have successfully completed over 800 platform investments, add-on transactions, and exits, totaling over $80 billion in enterprise value. Our commitment to partnership-oriented collaboration with investors, employees, and management teams is at the heart of our success as both investors and business builders. Steve Young, Co-Founder, Chairman & Managing Partner – Steve co-founded HGGC in 2007 and is a member of the Fund V, Fund IV, Fund III, Fund II, and HGCP Fund Investment Committees. Steve has been involved in all phases of the firm’s development since its inception and directs HGGC’s firm governance, investment decisions, and investor relations. Steve’s current and prior board and portfolio involvement includes Fund IV investments Aspire Holdings, Dentive, Entrata, Grand Fitness Partners, Marmic, and PCF Insurance; Fund III investments AMI, Better Being, Beauty Industry Group, Denodo, Fortra, Idera, Mi9, Monotype, and RPX; Fund II investments 4over, AutoAlert, Davies, Dealer-FX, Dynata, FPX, Integrity, Selligent, Serena Software, and Stova; and HGCP investments hybris, Innovative Interfaces, MyWebGrocer, and Sunquest. In addition to his investment responsibilities, Steve is a member of the Compensation, DEI, ESG, Marketing, Talent, and Valuation Committees within HGGC. Steve founded and chairs the Forever Young Foundation, which is the organization that is a primary benefactor of the portion of HGGC’s carried interest proceeds that is used to support extensive philanthropic work in children’s causes around the world. Steve is also a director on the boards of the Capital Impact Foundation and the Workday Foundation. In addition, Steve is currently the broadcast host (and former International Spokesperson) for the Children’s Miracle Network, which has raised over $1 billion worldwide to benefit children’s hospitals. Steve’s professional football career spanned more than fifteen years in the NFL, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers, where he received numerous accolades, including Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XXIX, Sports Illustrated and Sporting News’ Player of the Year from 1992 – 1994 and the NFL’s Most Valuable Player for 1992 and 1994. In 2005, Steve was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. At his retirement, Steve was also the highest-rated quarterback in NFL history. Steve established HGGC (formerly known as Huntsman Gay Capital Partners) in 2007 with Rich Lawson, industrialist Jon M. Huntsman and Robert C. Gay and previously was Co-Founder and Managing Director of Sorenson Capital, a private equity firm that focused on middle- market leveraged buyouts in the Western United States. Steve received his J.D. from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University and his B.S. in Finance and Political Science from Brigham Young University.
“ United States National Football League (NFL) Retired Football Star Steve Young $8 Billion Private Equity Firm HGGC (Previous Huntsman Gay Capital Partners) Raised $3.2 Billion for 5th Middle Market Private Equity Fund, HGGC Founded in 2007 by Steve Young, Rich Lawson, Greg Benson & Bob Gay, Steve Young Personal Fortune at $200 Million & Earned $49 Million in Football Career “
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United States National Football League (NFL) Retired Football Star Steve Young $8 Billion Private Equity Firm HGGC (Previous Huntsman Gay Capital Partners) Raised $3.2 Billion for 5th Middle Market Private Equity Fund, HGGC Founded in 2007 by Steve Young, Rich Lawson, Greg Benson & Bob Gay, Steve Young Personal Fortune at $200 Million & Earned $49 Million in Football Career
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