Orlando Bravo

Orlando Bravo is a Founder and Managing Partner of Thoma Bravo. He led Thoma Bravo’s early entry into software buyouts and built the firm into one of the largest software-focused investors in the world, with over $179 billion in assets under management¹. Today, Orlando directs the firm’s strategy and investment decisions in accordance with its principles of partnership, innovation and performance. He has overseen approximately 520 software and technology acquisitions conducted by the firm, representing approximately $275 billion in enterprise value².

Orlando was born and raised in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from Brown University, and earned a JD from Stanford Law School and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

He is the Founder and Chairman of the Bravo Family Foundation, which aims to provide young adults in Puerto Rico with access to opportunity. In 2019, Orlando committed $100 million to the Foundation’s Rising Entrepreneurs Program (REP) with the goal of fostering entrepreneurship on the island. In addition, he has been personally involved in responding to the hurricanes that have devastated communities across Puerto Rico, providing millions in funding for humanitarian and relief efforts following Hurricanes Maria (2017) and Fiona (2022).

In addition to his commitment to Puerto Rico, Orlando is dedicated to supporting the next generation of scholars and future leaders. He serves on the SEO board and spearheaded the 2024 expansion of the SEO Scholars program to Miami-Dade County.

Orlando remains connected to his alma maters. At Stanford Law School, he created the Bravo Family Public Interest Post-Graduate Fellowship Fund in 2018 to support students seeking full-time employment in public interest. In 2019, Brown University founded the Orlando Bravo Center for Economics Research to support innovative research, collaboration and training for faculty and students in the Department of Economics. In 2023, Orlando endowed a finance professorship and a research fund to support the professorship at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Orlando’s philanthropic interests also include causes in healthcare. He supports a wide range of medical research at Stanford Health Care, UCSF Health and The Mount Sinai Hospital. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. You can follow him on X and LinkedIn. 

¹As of December 31, 2024.

²Includes control and non-control investments.