Private company

Vista Equity Partners

American investment firm

Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC (Vista) is an American private equity firm that invests in software businesses and manages over $103 billion in assets.2 It was founded by Robert F. Smith and Brian Sheth.1 Its chief executive is Robert F. Smith (since 2000).1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

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Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC (Vista) is an American private equity firm that invests in software businesses and manages over $103 billion in assets.2

Corporate structure

Vista Equity Partners sits at the top of its group. 24 entities, 7 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Vista Equity Partners Austin
    • ACTIVE Network, LLC Subsidiary · Dallas, Texas, United States
    • BigTime Software Subsidiary · Chicago
    • Cvent Subsidiary · McLean, Virginia, United States
    • DAZN Group Subsidiary · Feltham
    • EAB Subsidiary · Washington, D.C.
    • EagleView Technologies Subsidiary · Rochester
    • Finastra Subsidiary · George Town, Cayman Islands
    • Granicus Subsidiary · Denver, Colorado, United States
      • GRANICUS TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Bangalore, India
    • Infoblox Subsidiary · Santa Clara, California, United States
    • Stats Perform Subsidiary · London
    • Tibco Software Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
      • Citrix Systems Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
        • Citrix ShareFile Subsidiary · Raleigh
        • Citrix (Switzerland) Subsidiary · Switzerland
        • CITRIX SYSTEMS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Bangalore, India
        • CITRIX SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH Subsidiary · Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
        • CLOUD SOFTWARE GROUP INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Bangalore, India
      • CLOUD SOFTWARE OPERATIONS (IRELAND) LIMITED Subsidiary · Dublin, Ireland
    • Avalara Subsidiary

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Vista Equity Partners reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Brian Sheth and Robert F. Smith in 2000.1

Leadership

Who has led Vista Equity Partners, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Robert F. Smith2000–now

Chair

  1. David Breach2021–now
20052010201520202025

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Aug 1, 2016Acquired Ping Identity1

Timeline

  1. 2000New chief executive Robert F. Smith becomes CEO1
  2. 2000Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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