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Bravo: Thoma Bravo operates with roughly 230 employees

Orlando Bravo · Inside Orlando Bravo’s Private Equity Playbook: How to Build a Top Firm · Oct 15, 2025 · at 7:39

Orlando Bravo, co-founder of Thoma Bravo, explains how the firm manages around $200 billion in capital while maintaining an intentionally small team.

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“So we have about 230 people at Toma Bravo within the organization.”

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