Thoma Bravo Billionaire Says Virtual Dealmaking Is Here to Stay

Orlando Bravo, the billionaire co-founder of private-equity powerhouse Thoma Bravo, has no interest in returning to pre-pandemic normal.

He’s relishing the new reality of flexible work, less travel and dealmaking-by-Zoom.

“Is there a need to have four meetings with a company, fly all over the country before you can make a decision -- or was that too much?” Bravo, who oversees $80 billion as the firm’s managing partner, said in a Bloomberg “Front Row” interview at his office in San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid. “Life is going to be much better in the future than it was before.”

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(Bloomberg)

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