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Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC

San Francisco, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 156973

Filed as VISTA EQUITY PARTNERS MANAGEMENT, LLC

Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Francisco, CA, registered since 2012, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 4, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$106,022,254,910
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC located?

Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC's principal office is in San Francisco, CA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 156973.

How much does Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC manage?

Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC reports $106,022,254,910 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 4, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $76,490,208,523 in the October 2021 data and $106,022,254,910 in the October 2026 data, up 39%. Total employees: 462 in October 2021 and 643 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (128).

Does Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/156973

What changed in Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Changed its office addresses in Austin, TX. Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$106,022,254,910

$106,022,254,910 as of October 2026, filing dated September 4, 2026.

Discretionary: $104,729,127,635.Non-discretionary: $1,293,127,275.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 128 Assets $106,022,254,910 (100%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 643. Performing investment advisory functions: 159.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
3 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Austin, TXChicago, ILNew York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
CAILTX

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$76.5B 2021 $97B 2022 $104B 2023 $101B 2024 $100B 2025 $106B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$106,022,254,910643September 4, 2026
October 2025$100,078,504,276702July 3, 2025
October 2024$100,968,246,570666May 8, 2024
October 2023$103,800,616,740607August 29, 2023
October 2022$96,967,930,943503August 15, 2022
October 2021$76,490,208,523462September 2, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $76,490,208,523 in the October 2021 data and $106,022,254,910 in the October 2026 data, up 39%.

Total employees: 462 in October 2021 and 643 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. October 2026
    • Changed its office addresses in Austin, TX.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 184 to 159.
    • Changed its office addresses in New York, NY.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
pws.vistaequitypartners.comvistaequitypartners.comvistaone.vistaequitypartners.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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