Peter Albert Brooke (October 6, 1929 – April 1, 2020) was an American businessman, in private equity. Brooke founded

TA Associates TA Associates, founded in 1968, is one of the early modern-era private equity firms in the United States. The firm leads buyouts and minority recapitalizations of profitable growth companies. TA invests across five industry groups: technology, hea ...

in 1968, and

Advent International Advent International is a global private equity firm focused on buyouts of companies in Western and Central Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia. The firm focuses on international buyouts, growth and strategic restructuring in five core ...

in 1984.

Early life

Brooke was born on October 6, 1929, in

Worcester Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Englan ...

, Massachusetts, US, the only child of Percy Albert Brooke, a doctor born in England, and a nurse mother of Swedish ancestry. Brooke was educated at

Phillips Exeter Academy (not for oneself) la, Finis Origine Pendet (The End Depends Upon the Beginning) gr, Χάριτι Θεοῦ (By the Grace of God) , location = 20 Main Street , city = Exeter, New Hampshire , zipcode ...

and

Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, an Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the original school of Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher lea ...

. He earned an MBA from

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...

in 1954.

Career

In 1984, he founded

, which has been called the first global private equity firm. In 1984, he also founded SEAVI Advent, the first private equity firm in South East Asia. Brooke retired as CEO of Advent in 1996. He is the co-founder (with his son, John Brooke) of Brooke Private Equity Associates (BPEA).

Personal life

Brooke married Anne Russell in 1954, and they had three sons. Sam, Peter, and John. Sam is an architect, Peter is an artist, and John works in private equity. Anne died on October 13, 2016 from heart disease. Brooke lived in

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Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

and

North Pomfret, Vermont North Pomfret (also Snows Store) is an unincorporated community within the town of Pomfret in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. Its ZIP code is 05053. Notable people * Scott Milne, politician * Dana Stone Dana Hazen Stone (April 18, 19 ...

. He died in Concord on April 1, 2020 at the age of 90.

References

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