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Thoma Bravo

Thoma Bravo, LP
Company typePrivate
IndustryPrivate equity
Predecessors
  • Golder Thoma & Co.
  • Golder Thoma Cressey Rauner (GTCR)
  • Thoma Cressey Equity Partners
  • Thoma Cressey Bravo
Founded2008 (2008)
Founders
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois
Number of locations
5
Key people
  • Jennifer James (managing director, chief operating officer and Head of Investor Relations & Marketing)[1]
  • Jerry Nowak (managing director, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer)[2]
  • Amy Coleman Redenbaugh (managing director, chief financial officer) [3]
ProductsInvestments, private equity funds, private credit funds
AUMUS$138 billion (2023)[4]
Number of employees
212 (2023)[5]
Websitethomabravo.com
Thoma Cressey Equity Partners logo in use before 2007 when the firm changed its name

Thoma Bravo, LP, is an American private equity and growth capital firm based in Chicago.[6] It is known for being particularly active in acquiring enterprise software companies[7] and has over $130 billion in assets under management as of 2023.[8]

It is the successor to the firm Golder Thoma & Co., which was established in 1980 by Stanley Golder and Carl Thoma. Thoma Bravo is led by managing partners Seth Boro, Orlando Bravo, Scott Crabill, Lee Mitchell, Holden Spaht and Carl Thoma.[9] It has additional offices in San Francisco, New York City, London and Miami.[10]

The company focuses on the application, infrastructure and cybersecurity software and technology-enabled business service sectors, and uses a "consolidation" or "buy and build" investment strategy.[11][12]

  1. ^ "Thoma Bravo: Best Fundraising Firm – Mid-Cap Buyout (fund size above USD10bn)". Private Equity Wire. November 19, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "Kirkland Lawyers Flock to Posts at Private Equity Companies". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  3. ^ "Bravo! Thoma Bravo's software SPAC Thoma Bravo Advantage files for a $900 million IPO". Renaissance Capital. December 28, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  4. ^ Tan, Gillian; Gould, Ryan (April 4, 2024). "Thoma Bravo Targets $20 Billion for Next Buyout Fund". Bloomberg News.
  5. ^ Form ADV (PDF) (Report). U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 31, 2023. p. 11.
  6. ^ Armental, Maria (December 7, 2022). "Thoma Bravo Bags $32.4 Billion Including Largest Technology Buyout Fund". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  7. ^ Savitz, Eric J. (January 20, 2023). "He Might Be Tech's Last Bull. Here's Why the Founder of Thoma Bravo Is Still Buying". Barron's.
  8. ^ Weil, Dan (September 8, 2023). "Tennis, Anyone? A Former Star Applies Lessons From the Sport to Private Equity". Institutional Investor.
  9. ^ "Team Members | Thoma Bravo". thomabravo.com. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  10. ^ "Thoma Bravo Contact". Thoma Bravo. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  11. ^ "Thoma Bravo, LLC: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  12. ^ Shabong, Yadarisa (October 14, 2019). "Buyout firm Thoma Bravo adds Sophos to its cybersecurity chest with $3.8 billion deal". Reuters.
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