Carl Thoma
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Private equity
- Industry
- Finance & Investments
- Residence
- Dallas, Texas
- Education
- Oklahoma State University (Bachelor of Science)Stanford Business School (Master of Business Administration)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
Biography
A cofounder of private equity firm Thoma Bravo, Carl Thoma is one of the deans of the buyout business.
A graduate of Oklahoma State University and Stanford's business school, Thoma cofounded GTCR in 1980 and then split from the firm in 1998.
Created Thoma Cressey in 1998 and hired a young dealmaker, Orlando Bravo, who would go on to build the firm's software strategy.
Thoma and Bravo split from Cressey in 2008. Since, software-focused Thoma Bravo has posted top returns and has grown to manage more than $181 billion in assets.
Thoma's family foundation is a major patron of the arts and has more recently focused on sponsoring "full ride" scholarships for rural students in the Texas Panhandle.
About
Carl and Marilynn Thoma met at Oklahoma State. They are avid collectors of art and wine aficionados, operating a vineyard in Oregon's Willamette Valley.