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David Hodgson, Vice Chairman of General Atlantic, was recently honored with the 2024 Excellence in Leadership Award presented by the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. The award celebrates the achievements of a GSB graduate who has made significant contributions through their corporate work and in giving back to the community. Dave joined General Atlantic as our third investment professional in 1982 and has spent more than 40 years building the firm, enabling our vision to support innovative entrepreneurs, and embodying the spirit of philanthropy. We are grateful to Dave for his leadership, and we congratulate him on this well-deserved recognition.

General Atlantic is pleased to announce a minority investment in Kyriba, a global leader in liquidity performance with a platform of solutions that empowers the office of the CFO to make data-driven decisions and increase operational efficiency. We look forward to leveraging our experience building global software businesses to support Kyriba, alongside long-term partner Bridgepoint, in driving continued product innovation and business growth. https://lnkd.in/eqD9M7ds

Earlier this month, General Atlantic and our Actis colleagues around the world - from Singapore to London to New York - gathered to celebrate the official combination of our firms. This transaction marks a milestone moment in General Atlantic’s story, creating a global investment platform with greater scale, broader solutions for investors, and a collective commitment to sustainability and the energy transition. We are excited to start this new chapter as one global team.

General Atlantic pays tribute to Ratan Naval Tata, a visionary business leader and transformational philanthropist. As an advisor and friend of our firm for nearly three decades, Mr. Tata was an integral part of General Atlantic’s success in establishing our India business. His commitment to developing the Indian economy included the shared value of entrepreneurship as a catalyst for progress. Mr. Tata played a pivotal role in India’s economic development and his philanthropic generosity changed the lives of millions. His legacy will continue to inspire us at GA, future generations of Indians, and the world at large.?

Wendy Jones, Managing Director and Chief Information Officer at General Atlantic, spoke at Equilar & Nasdaq's PE Value Creation Summit, sharing her insights on how data, AI, and cloud technologies are reshaping performance and decision-making in private equity. In her role, Wendy focuses on enhancing the firm’s internal technology capabilities, enabling strategic growth and scale through data and technology.

Boardroom dynamics can be tricky, yet they are crucial for entrepreneurial success. Drawing from her extensive experience as both an investor and founder, Joanna Rees of West Global shared insights on fostering constructive board relationships, emphasizing the significance of having proactive and diverse board members during the Global Ambition Networking event a couple of weeks ago. As reported by Emma Hanrahan, Joanna participated in a panel hosted by Endeavor Entrepreneur Samuel Dennigan ??????????? of STRONG ROOTS, which included leaders from the Endeavor Global network, such as Martin Escobari of General Atlantic and Endeavor Entrepreneurs Martin Migoya and Guibert Englebienne of Globant. For over two decades, Joanna Rees has been a groundbreaking pioneer for female entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders. As the Executive Chairman of West Global, she leads a venture studio that focuses on purpose-driven brands, with clients like Twitter (now X), Square, and Impossible Foods. Previously, she founded VSP Capital, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm, where she served as Managing Partner for about 15 years, overseeing more than 25 private venture-backed companies. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/g4vts96P Thank you to Emma Hanrahan and the Business Post for featuring this discussion, and a special thanks to the Enterprise Ireland team for their support and collaboration.

With first-hand experience as both an investor and entrepreneur, General Atlantic Co-President, Head of Global Growth Equity and Endeavor Board Member, Martin Escobari was one of 26 panelists interviewing candidates from around the world during Endeavor’s 100th International Selection Panel in Dublin. The General Atlantic Foundation is proud to partner with Endeavor, the leading global community for high-impact entrepreneurs, offering deep engagement and support for over 20 years. Since Endeavor's founding, Endeavor Entrepreneurs have generated more than 4.1 million jobs and $67 billion in annual revenue. Together with Endeavor, we are committed to helping provide the tools, resources, mentorship, and networks to support thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems in underserved markets around the world.

Really enjoyed the chance to join General Atlantic's Human Capital Conference share my thoughts on how GenAI can power a personalized work coach for anyone. Wonderful to share the stage with Prasad Setty, Ana-Maria Constantin and Kaushik Narasimhan and hear their ideas and get inspired by them. Purpose-built Agentic systems are solving many of the problems of single call APIs. This gives enterprise confidence to deploy and experiment, and allows deep workflow integrations. Literally every week our customers are discovering new use cases - it's such an exciting time to be building!

As a part of NY Climate Week, the General Atlantic Foundation was delighted to host the Henry Arnhold Fellows of the Mulago Foundation for an open discussion about advancing conservation and climate solutions. This distinguished group of social entrepreneurs shared their innovative and scalable approaches to tackling some of the most pressing issues facing our planet. Consistent with our belief that entrepreneurs are uniquely positioned to address many of the world’s biggest challenges, the GA Foundation is thrilled to support the Henry Arnhold Fellows as they scale their organizations and their impact. Big thanks to Lord John Browne, Chairman & Co-Founder of BeyondNetZero, Kevin Starr, CEO of Mulago Foundation, and the inspirational Henry Arnhold Fellows - Kheyti, OneReef, and Gaia Amazonas Foundation for sharing their stories.

As a part of our Global Human Capital Series, General Atlantic’s India team hosted a roundtable for our portfolio company CHROs and HR leaders from the industry to discuss building sustainable, high performance organizations. Check out top takeaways from the leaders in attendance: Anish Batlaw, General Atlantic’s Global Head of Portfolio Human Capital ; Pankaj Bhargava, Managing Partner of COrE CREATORS ; Raj Raghavan, Chief People & Culture Officer of CoreStack Inc ; and Suman Gopalan, Former CHRO of Freshworks. Thank you to all who joined us in these important discussions.