Thoma Bravo LLC

Thoma Bravo LLC ranks 5th on the list of the best private equity firms based on revenue. American growth capital and private equity company Thoma Bravo, LP, has locations in Miami, Chicago, and San Francisco. It manages more than $114 billion in assets and is renowned for being particularly active in the acquisition of software firms.

It is the company that replaced the one started in 1980 by Stanley Golder and Carl Thoma, who also founded Golder Thoma & Co. Seth Boro, Orlando Bravo, Scott Crabill, Lee Mitchell, Holden Spaht, and Carl Thoma serve as the firm's managing partners.

It was the world's fastest-growing major buyout firm in 2021. After examining 898 funds raised between 2005 and 2014, Thoma Bravo was named the best-performing buyout investor by the French business school HEC Paris in partnership with Dow Jones in February 2019. The company uses an investment strategy known as "consolidation" or "buy and build" and focuses on the application, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and technology-enabled business service sectors.

Founders: Carl Thoma, Orlando Bravo

Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois

Website: http://thomabravo.com/