Bain Capital has been much in the news lately, as the investment firm led by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
Local residents may recall that the founder of the firm, William Bain, was once an owner and a director of The Hinckley Co. through the private equity firm he co-founded in 1993 with Ralph Willard — Bain Willard Companies.
Bain Willard bought Hinckley in 1997 from Bob Hinckley, the son of …