Tech-only PE firm — $100B+ AUM, scale-tech focused
Growth/PEBuyout/Growth📍 Menlo Park, CAFounded 1999
AUM
$110B
as of 2026-Q1
MEGA
Silver Lake was founded in 1999 as the first tech-focused private equity firm. Famously took Dell private (with Michael Dell) for $24B in 2013. Backed Skype, Twitter, and Airbnb at various stages.