Koch Brothers Kick Big Money into ERP Cloud Software Company Infor
Posted on 01/20/2019
New York-based Infor is an enterprise cloud software company. Infor raised US$ 1.5 billion from existing shareholders, Golden Gate Capital and Koch Equity Development LLC. Koch Equity Development is the investment and acquisition subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc. Infor has 17,300 employees. At fiscal year 2018, Infor claims it generated over US$ 3 billion in revenue. Infor states that over 72% of all hospitals in the United States run Infor applications. Infor could be heading toward an initial public offering (IPO) or possibly be acquired by a company like Oracle Corporation or Salesforce. Charles E. Phillips is the CEO of Infor and before heading it was Co-President of Oracle from 2003 to 2010.
On February 21, 2017, Koch Equity Development invested US$ 2 billion into Infor. Koch Industries was a customer of Infor before it became an investor in the company. Golden Gate Capital made its first investment in Infor in 2002.
Matt Flamini is the President of Koch Equity Development. Jim Hannan is Koch Executive Vice President and CEO of Enterprises for Koch Industries, Inc.