TA Associates Announces New Hire in Boston
BOSTON – TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm, today announced the hiring of Elizabeth Qian as a Vice President in its Boston office as a member of the North America Technology Group.
“It is a pleasure to welcome Elizabeth to TA Associates,” said Brian J. Conway, Chairman and Managing Partner at TA Associates. “We believe that Elizabeth’s experience in sourcing, evaluating and structuring investments in the technology space will be a valuable asset for our technology team. We look forward to Elizabeth’s contributions as we continue to seek growth investment opportunities and partner with our portfolio company’s management teams to help build lasting value.”
Elizabeth Qian focuses on investments in technology companies across North America. Prior to joining TA, Ms. Qian worked in Finance & Strategy at Amazon Web Services in Amazon.com’s Leadership Program, and also was a Private Equity Associate at Riverside Partners. She began her professional career as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Wells Fargo Securities. Ms. Qian received a BS in Economics and an MBA degree as a Palmer Scholar from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
About TA Associates
TA Associates is one of the most experienced global growth private equity firms. Focused on targeted sectors within five industries – technology, healthcare, financial services, consumer and business services – TA invests in profitable, growing companies with opportunities for sustained growth, and has invested in more than 500 companies around the world. Investing as either a majority or minority investor, TA employs a long-term approach, utilizing its strategic resources to help management teams build lasting value in high quality growth companies. TA has raised $32.5 billion in capital since its founding in 1968 and is committing to new investments at the pace of over $2 billion per year. The firm’s more than 85 investment professionals are based in Boston, Menlo Park, London, Mumbai and Hong Kong. More information about TA Associates can be found at www.ta.com.