Silver Lake is an US-based private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in technology, technology-enabled and related industries. Founded in 1999, the firm is a leading investment firm in the technology sector and among its most notable investments are Avaya, Sabre Holdings, UGS Corp., Skype, Seagate Technology and Instinet.
Silver Lake operates through three primary businesses, all focused on technology investme...
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Silver Lake is an US-based private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in technology, technology-enabled and related industries. Founded in 1999, the firm is a leading investment firm in the technology sector and among its most notable investments are Avaya, Sabre Holdings, UGS Corp., Skype, Seagate Technology and Instinet.
Silver Lake operates through three primary businesses, all focused on technology investments:
The firm, which is headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California has a global presence with over 75 investment professionals across offices in New York City, London and Hong Kong.
Silver Lake was founded in 1999, at the height of the late 1990s technology boom to make private equity investments in mature technology companies as opposed to the startups pursued actively by venture capitalists. Among the firm's founders were Glenn Hutchins, who came from The Blackstone Group and served as a Special Advisor on economic and...
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