founded 2005 headquarters westlake texas key people tony aquila founder chairman & ceo revenue 1 140.85 million usd 2015 number of employees 5 500 website solera.com solera holdings is an american company based in texas which provides risk management and asset protection software and services to the automotive industry and property insurance marketplace . 1 2 solera also provides digital identity management services 3 as well as re underwriting and data analytics solutions for the property and casualty insurance industries . 2 4 solera is active in 78 countries across six continents . 2 5 solera became part of the s & p 400 after an initial public offering in may 2007 . 6 in march 2016 however solera was bought out by private equity firm vista equity partners once more becoming a private entity . 7 companies owned by solera include abz apu audatex autoonline audaexplore cap dst digidentity explore data hollander hpi identifix informex inpart lynx services market scan sachcontrol and sidexa . 5 8 contents 1 company history 2 timeline of acquisitions 3 references 4 external links company history edit solera was founded in january 2005 by american businessman tony aquila . in february 2006 private equity firm gtcr announced a partnership with aquila involving investments of up to 100 million of equity capital . 9 in april 2006 solera and private equity firm gtcr announced the completion of their acquisition of the claims services group of automatic data processing nyse adp for 975 million in cash . in the deal solera acquired operating companies that employ over 2 000 associates in 31 countries and generate over 410 million in annual revenue from more than 50 000 global customers . 10 in may 2007 solera completed an ipo trading on the new york stock exchange under the symbol slh . 11 in september 2015 solera announced an agreement to be acquired by vista equity partners goldman sachs koch industries and other affiliated investors for approximately 6.5 billion . 12 13 the transaction was completed in march 2016 . 7 13 in july 2016 solera announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire enservio inc a massachusetts based company that provides software and services to the property contents insurance marketplace . 2 14 15 timeline of acquisitions edit 2006 acquisition of adp including hollander 16 2008 acquisition of inpart 17 and hpi 18 2009 acquisition of autoonline 19 2010 acquisitions of digidentity 20 and market scan 21 2011 acquisitions of explore information services 22 sinexia 23 and see progress 24 2012 acquisitions of carweb 25 actual systems 26 apu 27 and lmi 28 2013 acquisition of dst 29 and formation of joint venture with srs 30 2014 acquisitions of i & s 31 cap 32 and sherwood 33 2015 acquisitions of service dynamics 34 ibs automotive 35 and dmeautomotive 36 2016 acquisition of enservio 15 references edit 10 q sec filling . a b c d solera to acquire vc backed enservio . pe hub . 2016 07 19 . retrieved 2016 07 19 . inc. solera holdings . solera holdings inc. acquires minority stake in digidentity b.v. ; strengthens product and service offering ; first strategic investment as part of hemi initiative to invest in innovative and disruptive technology . www.prnewswire.com . retrieved 2016 07 19 . solera buys explore information for 520 million . reuters . 2011 04 25 . retrieved 2016 07 19 . a b vista equity partners completes acquisition of solera holdings inc. . www.prnewswire.com . pr newswire . retrieved 2016 07 16 . carey david september 13 2015 . vista equity to buy solera for 6.5 billion including debt . bloomberg.com . bloomberg . retrieved 2016 07 15 . a b vista equity partners completes 6.5 b buyout of solera holdings inc. austin business journal . austin business journal . retrieved 2016 07 15 . the solera world solera . www.solerainc.com . retrieved 2016 07 16 . gtcr announces partnership with tony aquila to form solera business wire . www.businesswire.com . retrieved 2016 07 16 . inc. solera . solera and gtcr complete acquisition of adp s claim services group . www.prnewswire.com . retrieved 2016 07 16 . solera holdings ipo prices at 16 a share . reuters . 2007 05 10 . retrieved 2016 07 16 . lance murray september 14 2015 . vista equity partners to acquire solera holdings in 6.5 b deal . dallas business journal . retrieved march 7 2016 . a b vista equity partners completes acquisition of solera holdings inc. . www.prnewswire.com . pr newswire . march 3 2016 . retrieved 2016 07 15 . solera to acquire enservio the market leader in property contents software and services for the insurance and homeowner marketplace . retrieved 2016 07 19 . a b solera to acquire enservio the market leader in property contents software and services for the insurance and homeowner marketplace . retrieved 2016 07 19 . solera and gtcr complete acquisition of adp s claim services group . solera holdings inc. acquires inpart servicos ltda. ; further enhances its product and service offering to the brazilian market . solera holdings inc. acquires hpi ltd. ; further enhances its product and service offering to uk market . solera holdings inc. successfully completes acquisition of autoonline gmbh informationssyteme . solera holdings inc. acquires minority stake in digidentity b.v. ; strengthens product and service offering ; first strategic investment as part of hemi initiative to invest in innovative and disruptive technology . solera holdings inc. acquires market scan holding b.v. ; acquisition further enhances its product and service offering to the dutch market and adds data analytics capabilities . inc. solera holdings . solera holdings inc. to acquire explore information services llc ; acquisition will extend core offerings in north america into re underwriting data services . www.prnewswire.com . retrieved 2016 07 16 . solera holdings inc. to acquire majority stake in sinexia corporacion tecnologica ; investment will further enhance solera s product and services offering in the spanish market . solera holdings inc. acquires see progress inc. ; enhances product suite with market leading vehicle repair status offering ; provides compelling value proposition to customers . solera holdings inc. acquires carweb limited ; acquisition will strengthen vehicle data and decision support capabilities in the uk . solera holdings inc. acquires actual systems ; acquisition will enhance solera s yard management system capabilities and provide a yard management footprint in new countries . noakes robert . solera inc. news release . ir.solerainc.com . retrieved 2016 07 16 . solera holdings inc. acquires license monitor inc. ; acquisition extends solera s driver violation monitoring capabilities to fleet sector . solera holdings inc. to acquire distribution services technologies inc ; acquisition will strengthen north american parts platform . solera holdings inc. signs definitive agreement for joint venture with welsh carson anderson & stowe for vehicle service maintenance and repair market presence . solera holdings inc. to acquire insurance and services division of pittsburgh glass works llc ; acquisition will establish the only comprehensive automobile repair and claims management platform in the u.s. market . cap acquired by solera holdings . solera holdings inc. to acquire united kingdom claims related business from the sherwood group of companies ; acquisition will extend solera s reach into the household . solera acquires service dynamics . solera holdings inc. announces acquisition of ibs automotive s.r.o a leading provider of vehicle valuation data in the czech republic and slovakia . solera holdings inc. to enhance engagement among vehicle owners manufacturers dealers and service providers by acquiring dmeautomotive llc . external links edit official website audatex hpi autoonline abz market scan sachcontrol cap dst hollander lynx services apu sidexa france sidexa maroc identifix inpart audaexplore informex gts services glaxis retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title solera holdings & oldid 730617668 categories companies based in texascompanies formerly listed on the new york stock exchangehidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 20 july 2016 at 05 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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