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, U.S.
Number of locations
5
Key people
  • Jennifer James (managing director, chief operating officer and Head of Investor Relations & Marketing)
  • Jerry Nowak (managing director, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer)
  • Amy Coleman Redenbaugh (managing director, chief financial officer)
ProductsInvestments, private equity funds, private credit funds
AUMUS$160 billion (2024)
Number of employees
212 (2023)
Websitethomabravo.com

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

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.

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.