Silver Lake Partners
http://www.silverlake.com/Silver Lake Partners is a $16 billion private equity firm with investments in the technology, technology-enabled, and related growth industries. The firm focuses on making large-scale investments in tech companies with the investment thesis that the technology sector represents an extraordinary yet under-exploited target for large-scale private equity investments. Notable companies in Silver Lake�s portfolio have included Ameritrade, MCI, and Seagate. The firm was founded in 1999 and is based in Menlo Park, CA.