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Investor profile

Silver Lake Partners

Private Equity · Founded 1999 · Menlo Park, United States

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Global leader in technology investing

105 portfolio companies Private Equity · $74B invested · 209 investments · Investor rank #40 · Last investment 3/2026
Portfolio companies ↑ 17% 5y
105
Decacorns ↑ 9% 5y
13
Thoroughbreds ↑ 11% 5y
52
Exits

Silver Lake Partners’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Silver Lake Partners’s transaction record.

Alibaba
$238B IPO · 2014
Entered Series B+Now $270BEnterprise Software
Airbnb
$47B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $77BTravel
DiDi
$73B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $14BTransportation
Expedia Group
$535M IPO · 1999
Now $31BTravel
Klarna
$15B IPO · 2025
Entered Series B+Now $4.5BFintech
GoDaddy
$4.5B IPO · 2015
Entered Series B+Now $15BHosting
Unity Technologies
$14B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $13BGaming
Groupon
$13B IPO · 2011
Entered Series B+Now $1.1BMarketing
GoodRx
$13B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $1.4BHealth
SenseTime
$7.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $5.2BSecurity
Qunar
$337M acquisition · 2011
Entered Series B+Now $4.4BTravel
Caris Life Sciences
$494M IPO · 2025
Entered Series B+Now $4.3BHealth
Portfolio analysis

Where Silver Lake Partners's portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 105 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA83
  2. China5
  3. Brazil3
  4. Canada2
  5. Germany2
  6. India2
  7. Egypt1
  8. France1
  9. Hong Kong1
  10. Israel1
  11. Malaysia1
  12. Sweden1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software47
  2. Marketing18
  3. Fintech13
  4. Security10
  5. Health9
  6. Travel7
  7. Hosting5
  8. Media5
  9. Transportation5
  10. Education4
  11. Energy3
  12. Food3
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+96
  2. Series A5
  3. Seed2
By growth stageCount
  1. Late Growth88
  2. Breakout Stage12
  3. Early Growth4
  4. Mature1
Portfolio market map

Inside Silver Lake Partners's portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 105 tracked.

Waymo
Robotics · Centicorn
$126B
DiDi
Transportation · Decacorn
$14B
Ant Group | Alipay
Fintech · Decacorn
$79B
Reliance Jio
Telecom · Centicorn
$115B
Vantage Data Centers
Hosting · Decacorn
$15B
Byju's
Education
$100M
Fanatics
Sports · Decacorn
$31B
Alibaba
Enterprise Software · Centicorn
$270B
Klarna
Fintech · Unicorn
$4.5B
SoFi
Fintech · Decacorn
$21B
Verily
Health · Unicorn
$1.2B
Airbnb
Travel · Decacorn
$77B
SenseTime
Security · Unicorn
$5.2B
Getir
Food · Unicorn
$1.0B
G42
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$5.0B
Thrasio
Marketing
Metropolis Technologies
Fintech · Unicorn
$5.0B
Koubei
Home Living · Unicorn
$8.0B
WME
Media · Unicorn
$6.3B
Plaid
Fintech · Unicorn
$8.0B
Caris Life Sciences
Health · Unicorn
$4.3B
Expedia Group
Travel · Decacorn
$31B
Carta
Legal · Unicorn
$7.4B
Groupon
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.1B
DataRobot
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$6.3B
Mirakl
Marketing · Unicorn
$3.5B
Unity Technologies
Gaming · Decacorn
$13B
Loft
Real Estate · Unicorn
$2.9B
Flix
Travel · Unicorn
$3.3B
Entrata
Real Estate · Unicorn
$4.3B
Carbon
Consumer Electronics · Unicorn
$2.4B
Noom
Health · Unicorn
$3.7B
ThoughtSpot
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$4.2B
Vacasa
Travel
$161M
Carbon Health
Health
Axonius
Security · Unicorn
$2.6B
Qunar
Travel · Unicorn
$4.4B
Alchemy
Fintech · Decacorn
$10B
Clari
Marketing · Unicorn
$2.6B
Cerebral
Health · Unicorn
$4.8B
Omio
Travel
$40M
Pendo
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$2.6B
GLG
Enterprise Software
$875M
Flyr
Travel
$900M
SolarCity
Energy · Unicorn
$2.6B
SnapLogic
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.0B
Iterable
Marketing · Unicorn
$2.0B
ZeroFOX
Security
$141M
BigID
Security · Unicorn
$1.0B
Tintri Inc
Enterprise Software
$60M
SecurityScorecard Inc.
Security
$950M
WP Engine
Hosting
$800M
Dock (formerly Conductor Technology)
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.5B
Oyster
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.2B
ServiceMax
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.5B
Tealium
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.2B
Genies
Media · Unicorn
$1.0B
Red Ventures
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.3B
360Learning
Education
$800M
Bluecore
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.0B
Portfolio founders

Where Silver Lake Partners's portfolio founders come from.

164 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States90
  2. China10
  3. Brazil8
  4. France7
  5. Türkiye7
  6. Egypt5
  7. Hong Kong5
  8. India5
  9. Israel4
  10. Sweden4
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University7
  2. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania6
  3. Carnegie Mellon University4
  4. Harvard University4
  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology4
  6. New York University4
  7. Cornell University3
  8. INSEAD Business School3
  9. Yale University3
  10. Boston College2
Previous companyCount
  1. Alphabet | Google8
  2. Microsoft6
  3. Goldman Sachs4
  4. CA Technologies3
  5. Altisource2
  6. Bain & Company2
  7. BiTaksi2
  8. BlackRock2
  9. Blue Yonder2
  10. Boston Consulting Group2
How Silver Lake Partners stacks up

Similar investors.

Peers the API surfaces as most similar by portfolio shape, with Dealroom investor rank and portfolio scale.

Sequoia
Venture Capital · Menlo Park
#3 rank 1,918 companies $23T portfolio
Tiger Global
Venture Capital · New York City
#18 rank 811 companies $3.9T portfolio
Andreessen Horowitz
Venture Capital · Menlo Park
#2 rank 1,186 companies $4.6T portfolio
NEA
Venture Capital · Menlo Park
#36 rank 1,184 companies $2.5T portfolio
Accel
Venture Capital · Palo Alto
#32 rank 1,156 companies $3.1T portfolio
Kleiner Perkins
Venture Capital · Menlo Park
#51 rank 775 companies $8.4T portfolio
General Catalyst
Venture Capital · San Francisco
#16 rank 920 companies $2.1T portfolio
Index Ventures
Venture Capital · London
#56 rank 675 companies $1.2T portfolio
Key people

Key people at Silver Lake Partners.

Glenn Hutchins
Glenn Hutchins
CEO
 Egon Durban
Egon Durban
Managing Director
 David Roux
David Roux
Founder
 Jim Davidson
Jim Davidson
Co-Chief Executive Officer
 Greg Mondre
Greg Mondre
CEO
Source: Dealroom next-gen API — investor team endpoint.
Every figure on this page is sourced live from the Dealroom next-gen API. Sections v1 shows that the API does not yet expose — shareholding-based holdings, Power-Law rankings & vintage time-series, entity-filtered news, and market sentiment — are omitted here rather than sourced elsewhere.