U.S. private equity giant pays $10.7 billion for SAP rival started in an English barn - CNBC

Anaplan, viewed as a competitor to the likes of SAP, Oracle and Microsoft, was founded in a barn in Yorkshire, England in 2006.

U.S. private equity giant Thoma Bravo has bought British enterprise software firm Anaplan for $10.7 billion. The deal, announced Monday, will see Thoma Bravo pay $66 per share in an all-cash transac… [+2187 chars]

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