General Atlantic CEO Revamps Firm to Push Beyond Growth Equity

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General Atlantic is reorganizing around three core businesses to prepare for a more aggressive expansion beyond its roots as a growth equity firm and become a bigger money manager.

“Looking to the future, there will be fewer firms, yet they will offer a greater number of solutions,” Chief Executive Officer Bill Ford, 62, said in an interview. “We’re positioning ourselves to be one of those.”