Silver Lake

Silver Lake is a global technology investment firm, with more than $92 billion in combined assets under management and committed capital and a team of professionals based in North America, Europe and Asia. Silver Lake’s portfolio companies collectively generate more than $272 billion of revenue annually and employ approximately 681,000 people globally.

They are partners to world-class management teams who seek to use their capital and expertise to build and extend their market leadership. seeks to formulate its investments to enable growth and frequently employs conservative capital structures designed to drive aggressive investment in new initiatives, innovation, and business expansion.

Their core investment thesis is that the technology industries represent an extraordinary yet under-exploited target for large-scale private investments. The firm also seeks to cultivate proprietary or specialized investment opportunities not typically available to generalist investors. It devotes its full scope of talent and intellectual capital to the singular mission of investing in the world’s leading technology, technology-enabled, and related growth businesses.

Silver Lake was established in 1999 by David Roux, Glenn Hutchins, Jim Davidson, and Roger McNamee and is based in Menlo Park, California.