Breach: Vista owns 90 companies generating over $30 billion in revenue
David Breach · David Breach – Software Specialist Enters Private Wealth (Private Wealth 6, EP.450) · Jun 9, 2025 · at 18:27
David Breach, President and COO of Vista Equity Partners, details the portfolio scale and combined revenue of Vista's software holdings.
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“If you want to view software as a sector, we own today, 90 companies with a little over thirty billion of revenue.”
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