Mark Miller is the CEO of Constellation Software which is a Canadian tech company.
The company is also known as CSI. It acquires, manages and builds software for other businesses.
In 1995, CSI acquired Trapeze which is a transit software company.
The billionaire Mark Miller runs Volaris Group which operates under CSI. Volaris Group has bought over 200 tech companies in over 50 countries. The companies have business ranging from utilities to agri-food.
Mark Miller owns one percent of Constellation stock. He also owns shares of Lumine Group and Topicus.com.
Constellation Software has its headquarters in Toronto, Canada. It is listed on Toronto Stock Exchange. It was founded in 1995 by Mark Leonard who was a venture capitalist. The company has 56,000 employees.
The company works by acquiring other software companies and holds the shares for long term.
Constellation Software has so far acquired an excess of 500 companies. These companies are creating software for specific industries. Most of the acquired companies are relatively small costing $5 million or less.
Constellation Software acquired Acceo Solutions for $250 million. That was one of the large acquisitions. It was actually the second-largest acquisition. The largest acquisition was Allscripts’ which is used by hospital businesses. The deal cost was $700 million.
Constellation Software operates various segments such as Volaris Group whose main focus is acquiring software businesses serving education, financial services and agri-business. It has acquired more than 150 software companies for this purpose.
Harris Computer Systems serves the public sector in education, healthcare, retail, private technology, insurance, payment solutions and utilities. This segment has acquired over 100 businesses.
Jonas Software is responsible for acquiring niche software companies. It has presence in Australia, North America, Europe, New Zealand and South America. It has acquired 140 companies.
Vela Software focuses on oil and gas as well as manufacturing.
Perseus Operating Group has acquired 56 companies in home building, dealerships, pulp and paper, healthcare, real estate and finance.
Total Specific Solutions has a focus on software companies based in Europe and the United Kingdom. This segment became Topicus.com.
Mark Leonard serves as the current president for Constellation Software. Mark Miller is the Chief Operating Officer and CEO.
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