Episode 43 - HGGC

Private Equity Technology Podcast

HGGC, a middle-market private equity firm based in Palo Alto, California, has seen significant benefits of technology as a disruptor or enabler in traditional industrial or service-based businesses. Les Brown, an HGGC Partner, discusses the how the firm leverages technology, from diligence to inception to exit. Moving companies from the industrial age to the information age is their niche, and Les presents how technology has played a critical role in value creation across industries and business models, including buy-build infrastructure to accelerate growth from single digit EBITDA to triple digit EBITDA. HGGC has also built out its own tech capability internally in order to build up the intelligence and muscle of the firm for the future. Episode links: + HGGC: https://www.hggc.com/ + Les Brown: https://www.hggc.com/team/leslie-m-brown-jr Thanks for listening! Please leave a review on your favorite podcast app.