He is the co-founder and managing partner of Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm that specializes in enterprise software and technology-enabled services sectors.

[6] He returned to Puerto Rico to attend high school at the Academia de la Inmaculada Concepción in his hometown.

"[11] In the early 2000s Carl Thoma, a co-founder of the firm, allowed Bravo to lead the acquisition of product distribution software provider Prophet 21.

[12] At the time, Bravo noted it fit TCEP's strategy of buying strong franchises in large and fragmented industries.

[12] Bravo brought in the firm's first operating partner to address the issue of the software companies' running on high gross margins with the potential of decent profitability, but were instead often losing money.