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All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

How Orlando Bravo Built One of the Most Successful Firms in Private Equity

15 Oct 2025

28 min duration
5456 words
5 speakers
15 Oct 2025
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(0:00) Introducing Orlando Bravo (1:53) Orlando’s history, Puerto Rico origins, how he got into private equity (7:10) How he runs Thoma Bravo: small team, outward facing, mentorship, patience in fundraising (9:01) Role of PE in the American economy, public perception, underwriting AI risks (15:23) Deal pricing philosophy, acquiring Boeing’s avionics business (19:24) Thoma Bravo’s operating playbook after acquiring a company (26:16) Thoughts on taking Thoma Bravo public Thanks to our partners for making this happen! Solana - Solana is the high performance network powering internet capital markets, payments, and crypto applications. Connect with investors, crypto founders, and entrepreneurs at Solana’s global flagship event during Abu Dhabi Finance Week & F1: https://solana.com/breakpoint OKX - The new way to build your crypto portfolio and use it in daily life. We call it the new money app. https://www.okx.com/ Google Cloud - The next generation of unicorns is building on Google Cloud's industry-leading, fully integrated AI stack: infrastructure, platform, models, agents, and data. https://cloud.google.com/ IREN - IREN AI Cloud, powered by NVIDIA GPUs, provides the scale, performance, and reliability to accelerate your AI journey. https://iren.com/ Oracle - Step into the future of enterprise productivity at Oracle AI Experience Live. https://www.oracle.com/artificial-intelligence/data-ai-events/ Circle - The America-based company behind USDC — a fully-reserved, enterprise-grade stablecoin at the core of the emerging internet financial system. https://www.circle.com/ BVNK - Building stablecoin-powered financial infrastructure that helps businesses send, store, and spend value instantly, anywhere in the world. https://www.bvnk.com/ Polymarket - The world’s largest prediction market. https://www.polymarket.com/ Follow Orlando Bravo: https://x.com/orlandobravotb Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidSacks https://x.com/friedberg Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinpod Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theallinpod Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theallinpod Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/allinpod Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://x.com/yung_spielburg

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with one of the best track records in private equity.

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4.41 - 7.974 Chamath Palihapitiya

Comabravo manages $179 billion in assets.

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8.034 - 10.858 David Sacks

Comabravo has grown at a blistering pace.

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Last year, the firm returned over $13 billion to investors. In 2019, Orlando became the first Puerto Rico-born billionaire.

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18.627 - 30.021 Orlando Bravo

Private equity firms, the good ones, definitely beat the public markets. We are in the business of turning great innovators into great businesses.

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Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Telma Bravo's Orlando Bravo.

45.646 - 46.007 Jason Calacanis

Nice to see you.

47.91 - 48.31 Chamath Palihapitiya

Thanks for coming.

48.33 - 50.153 David Sacks

How are you? David. Good to see you.

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