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Silver Lake
“The tech PE giant behind what was then the biggest tech buyout ever. Took Dell private for $24.9 billion.”
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Silver Lake partnered with Michael Dell to take Dell private in 2013 in what was then the largest tech buyout in history. The bet paid off — Dell went public again in 2018 and Silver Lake reportedly made billions on the deal. One of the few PE stories where the company survived — though your mileage may vary on Dell customer service since.
Founded 1999 · Menlo Park, CA