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⇢ ABOUT THE GUEST: ORLANDO BRAVO ⇠
Orlando Bravo is the Founder and Managing Partner of Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm with a focus on software and technology that has been rated the top-performing private equity firm in the world. During the last 30 years, Thomas Bravo has completed more than 350 acquisitions worth nearly $155 billion, and oversees a portfolio of 50 software companies that generate $21 billion in annual revenue and employs more than 72,000 people around the world.
Beyond Thoma Bravo, Orlando is an incredibly generous philanthropist and serves as the Founder and Chairman of the Bravo Family Foundation whose mission is to provide access and opportunities to young adults in Puerto Rico. He has committed over $100 million to the Foundation’s Rising Entrepreneurs Program (REP), a program that promotes entrepreneurship in Puerto Rico. He also supports a variety of healthcare causes, including medical research at Stanford University, the University of California San Francisco, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. He is a member of the Board of Trustees at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Brown University.
Orlando graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from Brown University, and also earned a JD from Stanford Law School and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
⇢ ABOUT THE HOST: RANDALL KAPLAN ⇠
Along with being the podcast host of In Search of Excellence, Randall is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, passionate about working with and mentoring talented, hungry entrepreneurs who want to build long-term businesses.
Randall’s background:
‣ Co-Founder of Akamai Technologies
‣ Founder and CEO of JUMP Investors
‣ Founder and CEO of Sandee (FOLLOW on Instagram: / sandee )
‣ Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Thrive Properties
‣ CEO of CollarCard, LLC.
Randall has spoken at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, the Pritzker School of Law at Northwestern University, the Anderson School of Management at UCLA, the Marshall School of Business at USC, the Jimmy lovine and Andre Young Academy at USC, and Draper University. Randall received the first Distinguished Entrepreneur Award from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in 2006. On behalf of The Jerusalem Fund, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu awarded Randall with the Einstein Technology Medal in 2001.
Randall is also the creator of BLISS, a best-selling coffee table book that features his beach drone photos from all over the world.
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⇢ ORLANDO BRAVO FULL EPISODE TOPICS INCLUDE ⇠
‣ Lessons about work ethic learned from his parents and grandfather
‣ How “soft landings” and limiting pressure can build environments where people thrive
‣ Why Orlando prefers cold calling to introductions
‣ How the dot-com bubble influenced his investment strategy
‣ The story of the Profit 21 acquisition
‣ How he made a $9 billion profit in 18 months by buying and selling Ellie Mae
‣ How to attract and retain top talent - The place cryptocurrency in our society
‣ The value of preparation
‣ Mentorship
‣ The importance of philanthropy and his incredible efforts after Hurricane Maria, and what he’s doing to help Puerto Rico and young entrepreneurs there
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Resources Mentioned:
Twitter: @OrlandoBravoTB
Memos from the Chairman by Alan Greenberg: www.amazon.com/Memos-Chairman...