Orlando Bravo: The Puerto Rican who sent his resum and was rejected 150 times is now among the richest and most influential people in the world

Orlando Bravo Endi

With more than $179 billion in assets under management, the co-founder of Thoma Bravo explains how private investment has transformed the technology sector and urges the promotion of education and free markets in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican investor Orlando Bravo identified an opportunity in the sophisticated world of private investment more than two decades ago by investing in software companies. Today, Thoma Bravo, the firm he co-founded with his mentor, Carl Thoma, is the largest acquirer of technology companies in the world.