Vista Equity Partners COO and President David Breach | Michigan Law Senior Day 2025 Keynote

Vista Equity Partners President and COO David Breach delivers a powerful Senior Day keynote to the University of Michigan Law School Class of 2025, sharing personal insights on resilience, risk-taking and gratitude. This inspiring address offers a rare, candid look into David’s unconventional journey from a young juice salesman working nights while attending school, to becoming a graduate of Michigan Law and ultimately the President and COO of Vista.

In his remarks, David emphasizes that talent alone isn’t enough to sustain a fulfilling career. He urges graduates to embrace stamina, pursue what they love and keep showing up, especially when it’s hard. He speaks openly about setbacks, impostor syndrome and the moments in his life when he felt he wasn’t “supposed to be” in the room, only to find those were the very situations that helped him grow the most.

He also addresses the transformational power of generative AI and other rapidly evolving technologies, particularly in the legal field and encourages graduates to see these not as threats, but as unprecedented opportunities to lead, adapt and innovate.

#Leadership #Resilience #Gratitude #GenerativeAI #FutureOfWork #LawSchool #ClassOf2025

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Vista Equity Partners (Vista) is a leading global technology investor specializing in software. Through its private market strategies — private equity and private credit — and tailored private wealth solutions, Vista seeks to deliver differentiated returns using a proprietary, disciplined approach. Over more than 25 years, the firm has built a diversified portfolio of mission-critical software companies serving millions worldwide. Vista’s private equity strategy actively partners with its portfolio to harness transformative technologies like generative AI, driving innovation and operational excellence at scale.