Top technology execs in private equity, from Blackstone to Apollo

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Meet 12 tech execs helping top private-equity firms like Apollo and Blackstone use AI and alternative-data to cut deals

, a badge reserved for the firm's most prolific patent producers, where he delivered more than 45 patents for the company.As Carlyle's chief technology officer, Bronaugh's number one priority is continuing to build out the firm's cloud ecosystem, which will serve as a key building block for the firm's broader data analytics initiatives. With the cloud, Carlyle has been able to tap into new data tools and datasets and streamline how it collects information.

Gunolf joined the firm in March 2022 from the Nordic bank Danske Bank, where she specialized in using advanced analytics and machine learning to fight financial crime. Before that, she spent 10 years at Nasdaq in Europe in various senior positions, most recently as the vice president of market technology.

Gupta sits on the firm's operating committee. Earlier in his career, he was a chief technology officer of Lee Ainslie's Maverick Capital and a technology manager at Bridgewater.spearheading a firmwide move to the public cloud But Sherifova's golden ticket could be where she came from. A self-taught engineer, Sherifova brought a fresh perspective to KKR when she was hired in 2019. Her approach to tech and culture have been shaped by her roots leading tech for personal-finance fintech, LearnVest, where potentially foreign technologies like the cloud and digital-native infrastructure are like second nature to Sherifova.

As the de facto and informal head of technology at the Boston-based PE firm, Benaquista has seen how the cloud has been levied to drive digital transformation, and cost savings, among portfolio companies. In fact,in how it pitches potential acquisition targets. A managing director within THL's strategic resources group, Benaquista held top tech positions at Warner Music Group and iHeartRadio.Orlando Bravo, the founder and managing partner of Thoma Bravo, appears in 2021.As Thoma Bravo's chief information officer, Clarke runs the internal tech strategy for a software-focused private-equity firm that has had a particularly active past year of dealmaking.

 

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