David Breach

David Breach is an American businessman. He is currently president at Vista Equity Partners, an investment firm. Prior to joining Vista, Breach was a corporate group partner at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis.

Early life Breach grew up outside Toronto, Canada and moved to Michigan when he was a teenager. He earned a bachelor of business administration in marketing from Eastern Michigan University while working as a salesperson.

Career After graduating from law school, Breach worked at Honigman Miller, a law firm in Detroit, for five years. In this position, he helped establish a West Coast office in San Francisco for Kirkland. While working at Kirkland, Breach expanded the partnership between the law firm and Vista Equity Partners and advised Vista on several of the firm's acquisitions, including Tibco Software, TransFirst, Misys, and SumTotal Systems.

Breach joined Vista Equity Partners in 2014. While working at Vista, he has sat on the board of several of the firm's portfolio companies, including Solera, Ping Identity, Mediaocean, Vertafore, Cvent and Datto.

Personal life Breach is married with three children.

In 2019, Breach established the Breach Family Foundation.