Silver Lake (investment firm)
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Silver Lake Technology Management, L.L.C., is an American global private equity firm focused on technology and technology-enabled investments. Silver Lake is headquartered in Silicon Valley and New York City, and has offices in London, Hong Kong, and Singapore. In June 2024, Silver Lake was ranked 12th in Private Equity International's PEI 300 ranking of the largest private equity firms in the world.
Infobox
Company type
Private
Industry
Private equity
Founded
1999; 26 years ago (1999)
Founders
mw- Jim DavidsonGlenn HutchinsRoger McNameeDavid Roux
Headquarters
Menlo Park, California, United States
Number of locations
Multiple offices in 4 countries
Key people
Ken Hao (chairman)Mike Bingle (vice chairman)Egon Durban (co-CEO)Greg Mondre (co-CEO)Joe Osnoss (managing partner)
AUM
US$110 billion (2025)
Website
www.silverlake.com
Tables
· Investments
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts
Investment
Electronic Arts
Year
2025
Sector
Video Game and Entertainment
Company description
In September 2025, Silver Lake announced the acquisition of video game company Electronic Arts (EA). The company, which develops game series such as Madden NFL and The Sims, was acquired for a historic $52.5 billion.
Altera
Altera
Investment
Altera
Year
2025
Sector
Integrated circuits
Company description
Silver Lake acquired 51% stake in Altera.
Diamond Baseball Holdings
Diamond Baseball Holdings
Investment
Diamond Baseball Holdings
Year
2022
Sector
Sports
Company description
Silver Lake acquired direct ownership from subsidiary Endeavor in late 2022. Diamond Baseball Holdings owns and operates over 40 Minor League Baseball teams.
Software AG
Software AG
Investment
Software AG
Year
2022
Sector
Integration software
Company description
In February 2022, Silver Lake Invested €344 million. In April 2023, it offered to buy out the firm for €2.2 billion
Integrity
Integrity
Investment
Integrity
Year
2021
Sector
Insurtech
Company description
In December 2021, Silver Lake Invested $1.2 billion
A League
A League
Investment
A League
Year
2021
Sector
Sports
Company description
In December 2021, Silver Lake acquired a 33.3% shareholding
Group 42
Group 42
Investment
Group 42
Year
2021
Sector
Information technology
Company description
In April 2021, Silver Lake announced an investment of around $800 million to Group 42, a major part of the Emirates' COVID-19 response and vaccination programme.
Klarna
Klarna
Investment
Klarna
Year
2020
Sector
Financial
Company description
In September 2020, Silver Lake made investments in Klarna Bank totaling a reported $500 million, for less than 5 percent a stake.
Jio
Jio
Investment
Jio
Year
2020
Sector
E-commerce
Company description
In May 2020, Silver Lake invested a reported $753 million in Reliance Retail's digital unit, Jio. In June 2020, Silver Lake invested another reported $602 million in the company.
Expedia Group
Expedia Group
Investment
Expedia Group
Year
2020
Sector
E-commerce
Company description
On April 23, 2020, Silver Lake and Apollo Global Management, Inc. anchored Expedia Group's $3.2 billion new capital raising.
Airbnb
Airbnb
Investment
Airbnb
Year
2020
Sector
E-commerce
Company description
On April 6, 2020, Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners invested $1 billion.
Twitter
Twitter
Investment
Twitter
Year
2020
Sector
Social media
Company description
On March 9, 2020, Silver Lake made a $1 billion investment.
Waymo
Waymo
Investment
Waymo
Year
2020
Sector
Autonomous driving
Company description
On March 2, 2020, Silver Lake led Waymo's first external investment round.
First Advantage
First Advantage
Investment
First Advantage
Year
2019
Sector
Worker analysis
Company description
On November 27, 2019, Silver Lake agreed to acquire First Advantage from Symphony Technology Group (STG) for $1.25 billion.
City Football Group
City Football Group
Investment
City Football Group
Year
2019
Sector
Sports
Company description
On November 27, 2019, Silver Lake announced a definitive agreement to make a $500 million equity investment in City Football Group.
Verily
Verily
Investment
Verily
Year
2019
Sector
Biotechnology
Company description
On January 3, 2019, Silver Lake led a $1 billion investment round in Alphabet's subsidiary.
ServiceMax
ServiceMax
Investment
ServiceMax
Year
2018
Sector
Information technology
Company description
On December 13, 2018, GE Digital announced its intention to sell the majority of ServiceMax to Silver Lake Partners, while retaining a minority stake of 10% in the future of the company.
AMC
AMC
Investment
AMC
Year
2018
Sector
Entertainment
Company description
On September 14, 2018, Silver Lake Alpine invested $600 million.
GoodRx
GoodRx
Investment
GoodRx
Year
2018
Sector
Telemedicine
Company description
In 2018, Silver Lake bought a reported 35.3% of equity in GoodRx, valuing the company at a reported $2.8 billion. In 2020, Silver Lake invested another $100 million into GoodRx through a private placement set to the price of GoodRx's IPO.
Ant Group
Ant Group
Investment
Ant Group
Year
2018
Sector
Financial
Company description
In 2018, Silver Lake made investments in Ant Group totaling a reported $500 million. In 2020, as Ant Group approached its IPO, the company was reportedly worth $210 billion in comparison to its 2018 reported worth of $150 billion. This increase would create a 40% return for these funds if they were to sell in the IPO at that valuation.
Credit Karma
Credit Karma
Investment
Credit Karma
Year
2018
Sector
Financial
Company description
On March 28, Silver Lake made a $500 million secondary investment.
Blackhawk Network
Blackhawk Network
Investment
Blackhawk Network
Year
2018
Sector
E-commerce
Company description
On January 16, 2018, Silver Lake and P2 Capital Partners purchased Blackhawk Network, a company offering prepaid gift, reward and incentive technologies and solutions.
WP Engine
WP Engine
Investment
WP Engine
Year
2018
Sector
Information technology
Company description
On January 4, 2018, Silver Lake invested $250 million in WP Engine, a WordPress digital experience platform.
Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand
Investment
Cornerstone OnDemand
Year
2017
Sector
Worker management
Company description
On November 8, 2017, Silver Lake Alpine led a $300 million investment in Cornerstone OnDemand, a cloud-based learning and human capital management software company.
Unity Technologies
Unity Technologies
Investment
Unity Technologies
Year
2017
Sector
Game engine
Company description
On May 24, 2017, Silver Lake announced an investment in Unity
SoFi
SoFi
Investment
SoFi
Year
2017
Sector
Financial
Company description
On February 24, 2017, Silver Lake led a $500 million Series F financing round.
Ancestry
Ancestry
Investment
Ancestry
Year
2016
Sector
Genealogy
Company description
On April 1, 2016, Silver Lake and GIC made an investment in Ancestry, the online family history data and personal DNA testing company.
Symantec
Symantec
Investment
Symantec
Year
2016
Sector
Cybersecurity
Company description
On February 4, 2016, Silver Lake made a strategic investment of $500 million in Symantec. On June 13, 2016, it was announced that Symantec would acquire Blue Coat, and Silver Lake invested another $500 million in conjunction with the transaction.
SolarWinds
SolarWinds
Investment
SolarWinds
Year
2015
Sector
Information technology
Company description
On October 21, 2015, Silver Lake purchased SolarWinds for $60.10 per share, giving the company a total equity value of $4.5 billion. In October 2018, SolarWinds went public through an IPO.
EMC
EMC
Investment
EMC
Year
2015
Sector
Information technology
Company description
On October 12, 2015, EMC announced that they had agreed on a buy-out by Michael Dell and Silver Lake for $33.15 per share in a complicated cash transaction which included tracking stock in VMware, which remained a publicly traded company. The November 2023 sale of VMware to Broadcom yielded the largest-ever gain in the private equity industry for Silver Lake and Dell, a combined total of $70 billion in cash and stock.
Motorola Solutions
Motorola Solutions
Investment
Motorola Solutions
Year
2015
Sector
Information technology
Company description
On August 5, 2015, Silver Lake invested $1 billion in Motorola Solutions in convertible senior notes with a 5-year term at $68.50 per share to help the company make new partnerships, investments, and acquisitions for its public safety solutions and services businesses. The company was then valued at $12.6 billion. Motorola Solutions also used a portion of the investment to fund a share buyback.
Dell
Dell
Investment
Dell
Year
2013
Sector
Information technology
Company description
On February 5, 2013, Dell announced that it had agreed on a buy-out by Michael Dell and Silver Lake for $13.65 per share in cash. The shares of founder and CEO Michael Dell and some of its key management were not included in this purchase. Microsoft additionally provided $2 billion in the form of a loan to assist with the buy-out. Upon completion of the deal Dell de-listed from NASDAQ and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and became fully privately owned company as it was before its first initial public offering. According to Michael Dell, this move made it easier to work on a long-term growth strategy as the company could make choices that would payout on the longer term, without the need the address to demands of (short term) individual share-holders. The deal was completed on October 30, 2013, and at $24.4 billion was then the largest technology buyout ever, surpassing the 2006 buyout of Freescale Semiconductor for $17.5 billion. Other smaller investors were MSD Capital, an investment firm established to manage the wealth of Michael Dell, and Microsoft with its $2 billion loan, and there were several debt-facilities from banks like Barclays, Credit Suisse, Bank of America and Royal Bank of Canada. In December 2018, Dell shareholders agreed to a proposal by Dell to engage in a reverse merger with the tracking stock tied to its interest in software provider VMware in which existing holders were invited to cash out some or all of their interest. Dell Technologies is now a public company again.
Global Blue
Global Blue
Investment
Global Blue
Year
2012
Sector
Financial
Company description
On May 24, 2012, Silver Lake acquired Global Blue, a leading VAT services provider in Europe, for around €1 billion.
Endeavor
Endeavor
Investment
Endeavor
Year
2012
Sector
Sports and entertainment
Company description
On May 2, 2012, Silver Lake acquired a minority stake in William Morris Endeavor (WME). In December 2013, WME and Silver Lake announced they would acquire IMG. In July 2016, Silver Lake helped back WME-IMG's acquisition of UFC. In October 2017, WME-IMG announced the formation of a new holding company, Endeavor, which took on the full portfolio of owned and operated brands formerly under the WME-IMG banner. Endeavor went public in 2021, trading under ticker symbol "EDR" on the NYSE. In April 2024, Silver Lake acquired the remaining shares of the company to take it private in a deal that valued Endeavor at $13 billion. The take-private transaction was completed on March 24, 2025.
Alibaba
Alibaba
Investment
Alibaba
Year
2011
Sector
E-commerce
Company description
In 2011 and 2012, Silver Lake made investments in Alibaba totaling a reported $500 million. In September 2014, Alibaba listed on the NYSE in the largest ever US-listed IPO, with Silver Lake maintaining a stake worth more than $5.1 billion at the time.
GoDaddy
GoDaddy
Investment
GoDaddy
Year
2011
Sector
Web hosting
Company description
On July 1, 2011, Silver Lake and others joined with Bob Parsons to take GoDaddy private. In 2015, GoDaddy re-entered the public market.
Skype
Skype
Investment
Skype
Year
2009
Sector
Communication software
Company description
Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board announced the acquisition of 65% of Skype for $1.9 billion from eBay, valuing the business at $2.75 billion. In May 2011, Microsoft agreed to acquire Skype for $8.5 billion in cash.
Avaya
Avaya
Investment
Avaya
Year
2007
Sector
Communication software
Company description
Silver Lake and TPG Capital completed an $8.2 billion leveraged buyout of the enterprise telephony and call center technology company that was formerly a unit of Lucent.
Sabre
Sabre
Investment
Sabre
Year
2006
Sector
E-commerce
Company description
Silver Lake and TPG Capital announced a deal to buy Sabre, which operates Sabre Travel Network and Sabre Airline Solutions, for approximately $4.3 billion in cash, plus the assumption of $550 million in debt. Earlier in 2006, Blackstone acquired Sabre's chief competitor Travelport.
NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors
Investment
NXP Semiconductors
Year
2006
Sector
Electronics
Company description
In August 2006, a consortium of Silver Lake, KKR and AlpInvest Partners acquired a controlling 80.1% share of the semiconductors unit of Philips for €6.4 billion. The new company, based in the Netherlands, was renamed NXP Semiconductors.
SunGard
SunGard
Investment
SunGard
Year
2006
Sector
Information technology
Company description
SunGard was acquired by a consortium of seven private equity investment firms in a transaction valued at $11.3 billion. The partners in the acquisition were Silver Lake, which led the deal as well as Bain Capital, the Blackstone Group, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, KKR, Providence Equity Partners, and TPG Capital. This represented the largest leveraged buyout completed since the takeover of RJR Nabisco at the end of the 1980s leveraged buyout boom. Also, at the time of its announcement, SunGard would be the largest buyout of a technology company in history, a distinction it would cede to the buyout of Freescale Semiconductor. The SunGard transaction is also notable in the number of firms involved in the transaction. The involvement of seven firms in the consortium was criticized by investors in private equity who considered cross-holdings among firms to be generally unattractive. In 2015 the consortium sold the bulk of the Sungard business to FIS.
Broadcom
Broadcom
Investment
Broadcom
Year
2005
Sector
Electronics
Company description
In 2005, the semiconductor division of Agilent was acquired by Silver Lake and KKR, to form Avago Technologies, one of the largest privately held semiconductor companies in the world. In 2009, Avago completed a $650 million initial public offering. In 2013, Silver Lake reinvested $1 billion in Avago to help finance its acquisition of LSI. In 2015, Silver Lake supported Avago's $37 billion acquisition of Broadcom, the biggest tech deal on record at the time.
| Investment | Year | Sector | Company description | Ref. |
| Electronic Arts | 2025 | Video Game and Entertainment | In September 2025, Silver Lake announced the acquisition of video game company Electronic Arts (EA). The company, which develops game series such as Madden NFL and The Sims, was acquired for a historic $52.5 billion. | |
| Altera | 2025 | Integrated circuits | Silver Lake acquired 51% stake in Altera. | |
| Diamond Baseball Holdings | 2022 | Sports | Silver Lake acquired direct ownership from subsidiary Endeavor in late 2022. Diamond Baseball Holdings owns and operates over 40 Minor League Baseball teams. | |
| Software AG | 2022 | Integration software | In February 2022, Silver Lake Invested €344 million. In April 2023, it offered to buy out the firm for €2.2 billion | |
| Integrity | 2021 | Insurtech | In December 2021, Silver Lake Invested $1.2 billion | |
| A League | 2021 | Sports | In December 2021, Silver Lake acquired a 33.3% shareholding | |
| Group 42 | 2021 | Information technology | In April 2021, Silver Lake announced an investment of around $800 million to Group 42, a major part of the Emirates' COVID-19 response and vaccination programme. | |
| Klarna | 2020 | Financial | In September 2020, Silver Lake made investments in Klarna Bank totaling a reported $500 million, for less than 5 percent a stake. | |
| Jio | 2020 | E-commerce | In May 2020, Silver Lake invested a reported $753 million in Reliance Retail's digital unit, Jio. In June 2020, Silver Lake invested another reported $602 million in the company. | |
| Expedia Group | 2020 | E-commerce | On April 23, 2020, Silver Lake and Apollo Global Management, Inc. anchored Expedia Group's $3.2 billion new capital raising. | |
| Airbnb | 2020 | E-commerce | On April 6, 2020, Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners invested $1 billion. | |
| Twitter | 2020 | Social media | On March 9, 2020, Silver Lake made a $1 billion investment. | |
| Waymo | 2020 | Autonomous driving | On March 2, 2020, Silver Lake led Waymo's first external investment round. | |
| First Advantage | 2019 | Worker analysis | On November 27, 2019, Silver Lake agreed to acquire First Advantage from Symphony Technology Group (STG) for $1.25 billion. | |
| City Football Group | 2019 | Sports | On November 27, 2019, Silver Lake announced a definitive agreement to make a $500 million equity investment in City Football Group. | |
| Verily | 2019 | Biotechnology | On January 3, 2019, Silver Lake led a $1 billion investment round in Alphabet's subsidiary. | |
| ServiceMax | 2018 | Information technology | On December 13, 2018, GE Digital announced its intention to sell the majority of ServiceMax to Silver Lake Partners, while retaining a minority stake of 10% in the future of the company. | |
| AMC | 2018 | Entertainment | On September 14, 2018, Silver Lake Alpine invested $600 million. | |
| GoodRx | 2018 | Telemedicine | In 2018, Silver Lake bought a reported 35.3% of equity in GoodRx, valuing the company at a reported $2.8 billion. In 2020, Silver Lake invested another $100 million into GoodRx through a private placement set to the price of GoodRx's IPO. | |
| Ant Group | 2018 | Financial | In 2018, Silver Lake made investments in Ant Group totaling a reported $500 million. In 2020, as Ant Group approached its IPO, the company was reportedly worth $210 billion in comparison to its 2018 reported worth of $150 billion. This increase would create a 40% return for these funds if they were to sell in the IPO at that valuation. | |
| Credit Karma | 2018 | Financial | On March 28, Silver Lake made a $500 million secondary investment. | |
| Blackhawk Network | 2018 | E-commerce | On January 16, 2018, Silver Lake and P2 Capital Partners purchased Blackhawk Network, a company offering prepaid gift, reward and incentive technologies and solutions. | |
| WP Engine | 2018 | Information technology | On January 4, 2018, Silver Lake invested $250 million in WP Engine, a WordPress digital experience platform. | |
| Cornerstone OnDemand | 2017 | Worker management | On November 8, 2017, Silver Lake Alpine led a $300 million investment in Cornerstone OnDemand, a cloud-based learning and human capital management software company. | |
| Unity Technologies | 2017 | Game engine | On May 24, 2017, Silver Lake announced an investment in Unity | |
| SoFi | 2017 | Financial | On February 24, 2017, Silver Lake led a $500 million Series F financing round. | |
| Ancestry | 2016 | Genealogy | On April 1, 2016, Silver Lake and GIC made an investment in Ancestry, the online family history data and personal DNA testing company. | |
| Symantec | 2016 | Cybersecurity | On February 4, 2016, Silver Lake made a strategic investment of $500 million in Symantec. On June 13, 2016, it was announced that Symantec would acquire Blue Coat, and Silver Lake invested another $500 million in conjunction with the transaction. | |
| SolarWinds | 2015 | Information technology | On October 21, 2015, Silver Lake purchased SolarWinds for $60.10 per share, giving the company a total equity value of $4.5 billion. In October 2018, SolarWinds went public through an IPO. | |
| EMC | 2015 | Information technology | On October 12, 2015, EMC announced that they had agreed on a buy-out by Michael Dell and Silver Lake for $33.15 per share in a complicated cash transaction which included tracking stock in VMware, which remained a publicly traded company. The November 2023 sale of VMware to Broadcom yielded the largest-ever gain in the private equity industry for Silver Lake and Dell, a combined total of $70 billion in cash and stock. | |
| Motorola Solutions | 2015 | Information technology | On August 5, 2015, Silver Lake invested $1 billion in Motorola Solutions in convertible senior notes with a 5-year term at $68.50 per share to help the company make new partnerships, investments, and acquisitions for its public safety solutions and services businesses. The company was then valued at $12.6 billion. Motorola Solutions also used a portion of the investment to fund a share buyback. | |
| Dell | 2013 | Information technology | On February 5, 2013, Dell announced that it had agreed on a buy-out by Michael Dell and Silver Lake for $13.65 per share in cash. The shares of founder and CEO Michael Dell and some of its key management were not included in this purchase. Microsoft additionally provided $2 billion in the form of a loan to assist with the buy-out. Upon completion of the deal Dell de-listed from NASDAQ and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and became fully privately owned company as it was before its first initial public offering. According to Michael Dell, this move made it easier to work on a long-term growth strategy as the company could make choices that would payout on the longer term, without the need the address to demands of (short term) individual share-holders. The deal was completed on October 30, 2013, and at $24.4 billion was then the largest technology buyout ever, surpassing the 2006 buyout of Freescale Semiconductor for $17.5 billion. Other smaller investors were MSD Capital, an investment firm established to manage the wealth of Michael Dell, and Microsoft with its $2 billion loan, and there were several debt-facilities from banks like Barclays, Credit Suisse, Bank of America and Royal Bank of Canada. In December 2018, Dell shareholders agreed to a proposal by Dell to engage in a reverse merger with the tracking stock tied to its interest in software provider VMware in which existing holders were invited to cash out some or all of their interest. Dell Technologies is now a public company again. | |
| Global Blue | 2012 | Financial | On May 24, 2012, Silver Lake acquired Global Blue, a leading VAT services provider in Europe, for around €1 billion. | |
| Endeavor | 2012 | Sports and entertainment | On May 2, 2012, Silver Lake acquired a minority stake in William Morris Endeavor (WME). In December 2013, WME and Silver Lake announced they would acquire IMG. In July 2016, Silver Lake helped back WME-IMG's acquisition of UFC. In October 2017, WME-IMG announced the formation of a new holding company, Endeavor, which took on the full portfolio of owned and operated brands formerly under the WME-IMG banner. Endeavor went public in 2021, trading under ticker symbol "EDR" on the NYSE. In April 2024, Silver Lake acquired the remaining shares of the company to take it private in a deal that valued Endeavor at $13 billion. The take-private transaction was completed on March 24, 2025. | |
| Alibaba | 2011 | E-commerce | In 2011 and 2012, Silver Lake made investments in Alibaba totaling a reported $500 million. In September 2014, Alibaba listed on the NYSE in the largest ever US-listed IPO, with Silver Lake maintaining a stake worth more than $5.1 billion at the time. | |
| GoDaddy | 2011 | Web hosting | On July 1, 2011, Silver Lake and others joined with Bob Parsons to take GoDaddy private. In 2015, GoDaddy re-entered the public market. | |
| Skype | 2009 | Communication software | Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board announced the acquisition of 65% of Skype for $1.9 billion from eBay, valuing the business at $2.75 billion. In May 2011, Microsoft agreed to acquire Skype for $8.5 billion in cash. | |
| Avaya | 2007 | Communication software | Silver Lake and TPG Capital completed an $8.2 billion leveraged buyout of the enterprise telephony and call center technology company that was formerly a unit of Lucent. | |
| Sabre | 2006 | E-commerce | Silver Lake and TPG Capital announced a deal to buy Sabre, which operates Sabre Travel Network and Sabre Airline Solutions, for approximately $4.3 billion in cash, plus the assumption of $550 million in debt. Earlier in 2006, Blackstone acquired Sabre's chief competitor Travelport. | |
| NXP Semiconductors | 2006 | Electronics | In August 2006, a consortium of Silver Lake, KKR and AlpInvest Partners acquired a controlling 80.1% share of the semiconductors unit of Philips for €6.4 billion. The new company, based in the Netherlands, was renamed NXP Semiconductors. | |
| SunGard | 2006 | Information technology | SunGard was acquired by a consortium of seven private equity investment firms in a transaction valued at $11.3 billion. The partners in the acquisition were Silver Lake, which led the deal as well as Bain Capital, the Blackstone Group, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, KKR, Providence Equity Partners, and TPG Capital. This represented the largest leveraged buyout completed since the takeover of RJR Nabisco at the end of the 1980s leveraged buyout boom. Also, at the time of its announcement, SunGard would be the largest buyout of a technology company in history, a distinction it would cede to the buyout of Freescale Semiconductor. The SunGard transaction is also notable in the number of firms involved in the transaction. The involvement of seven firms in the consortium was criticized by investors in private equity who considered cross-holdings among firms to be generally unattractive. In 2015 the consortium sold the bulk of the Sungard business to FIS. | |
| Broadcom | 2005 | Electronics | In 2005, the semiconductor division of Agilent was acquired by Silver Lake and KKR, to form Avago Technologies, one of the largest privately held semiconductor companies in the world. In 2009, Avago completed a $650 million initial public offering. In 2013, Silver Lake reinvested $1 billion in Avago to help finance its acquisition of LSI. In 2015, Silver Lake supported Avago's $37 billion acquisition of Broadcom, the biggest tech deal on record at the time. |
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