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12 October 2024
By Maynard Paton<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mark Leonard has been described as the \u201cbest capital allocator you have never heard o<\/em>f<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n

According to Forbes<\/em>, Mr Leonard is now worth $5 billion<\/a> after he established Constellation Software<\/strong> during 1995 and listed the group on the Toronto Stock Exchange during 2006. He then watched his shares soar more than 200-fold:<\/p>\n

You may not have heard of Mr Leonard because he deliberately maintains an extremely low profile. He appears to have conducted only one public interview<\/a> while pictures of him online are essentially variations of this particular image<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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However, Constellation\u2019s super stock price \u2014 currently supporting a \u00a350 billion market cap \u2014 has gradually increased the number of investors who have<\/em><\/span><\/strong> heard of Mr Leonard\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026and the number of investors who have tried to replicate Constellation\u2019s success. By 2018 Mr Leonard had seen enough copycats and decided to give up writing his annual Constellation letter. He lamented:<\/p>\n

\u201cFor competitive reasons we are limiting the information that we disclose about our acquisition activity. <\/em>We believe that sharing our tactics and best practices with a host of Constellation emulators is not in our best interest.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

Such has been the enthusiasm for how Mr Leonard created his immense wealth, a Constellation \u2019emulator\u2019 has even emerged within the lower reaches of AIM.<\/p>\n

Software Circle<\/strong> sports an \u00a385 million market cap and is attempting its very own Constellation-like mega-bagger journey.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a closer look.<\/p>\n

Read my full SOFTWARE CIRCLE article for SharePad >><\/a><\/p>\n

Maynard Paton<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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