 Advent's founder, Peter Brooke, stepped down as the firm's CEO in 1996, but remained active as the company's chairman.Through the 2000s, Advent's expansion accelerated as the firm raised additional funds for its various fund families and opening new offices in Europe and Asia.Advent's sixth global private equity fund, raised in 2008 closed with €6.6 billion of investor commitments and the firm raised an additional €1 billion for investments in central Europe.