Thoma Bravo
| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Private equity |
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| Founded | 2008 |
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| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Number of locations | 5 |
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| Products | Investments, private equity funds, private credit funds |
| AUM | US$160 billion (2024) |
Number of employees | 212 (2023) |
| Website | thomabravo |
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.