General Atlantic Appoints Martin Escobari, Managing Director in Brazil

Posted on: 25 January 2012

General Atlantic LLC ("GA"), a leading global growth equity firm, today announced that Martin Escobari has joined the firm as a managing director and head of its São Paulo, Brazil office and Latin American investing program. Mr. Escobari will lead GA's investment activity in Latin America as part of the firm's continued strategy to invest in growth companies in this high growth region. To date, GA has invested more than $1 billion in Latin American growth companies.

 

"We are pleased to welcome Martin to our global team of investment professionals as head of our São Paulo office," said William Ford, CEO of General Atlantic. "Martin's background, expertise and leadership will be a significant addition to our capabilities in this important region of the world."

 

Mr. Escobari commented, "I have long admired General Atlantic and its unique approach to building regional expertise and helping growth companies grow globally. I look forward to continuing to expand GA's activity across Latin America and I also look forward to being an active partner in GA's global team."

 

Rene Kern, Managing Director of General Atlantic added, "Latin America continues to represent great potential for partnering with growth companies, and we are prepared to continue building on the strong position GA has established in Latin America since 2000. We are pleased to have Martin join our global team and head up our efforts in Latin America."

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