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General Atlantic Partners

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Founded in 1980 as a family investment office focused on oil & gas, technology and real estate, General Atlantic now manages approximately $17 billion with an aggressively international outlook. Target investments are in financial services, healthcare, enterprise, media & consumer, communications and energy and range from$50 million to $500 million.

McKinsey veteran Stephen A. Denning co-founded the firm and is currently chairman. William E. Ford, who joined in 1991, is CEO and President. Approximately 90 investment professionals are based out of offices in Greenwich, New York, Palo Alto, Sao Paulo, London, Dusseldorf, Hong Kong and Mumbai.

50 current portfolio holdings, including companies like Hewitt Associates, Infotech, NYSE Euronext and Patni. Approximately half of the 50 holdings are non-US companies.

Investors in the firm’s funds — “Capital partners” — come from largely from family groups and a few institutions. They are expected to commit at least $100 million for a period of five years.

The company reportedly as a team oriented culture, with compensation coming from one global pool — “regardless of whether the investment is made in London or in the US or … in China.”