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...The technology-focused investment firm originally acquired shares in CFG after Hollywood impresario Ari Emanuel — founder of Endeavor — introduced managing partner Egon Durban to CFG’s Khaldoon Al Mubarak...
...Mubadala has invested in or alongside a number of big Silicon Valley firms, including private equity group Silver Lake and Sequoia Capital....
...In 2023 Silver Lake acquired software provider Qualtrics for more than $12bn and privatised European technology company Software AG for about €2.6bn....
...The sale of VMware will mark the first time Silver Lake is sending investors a large cash sum back from its deal for Dell Technologies....
...The dealmaking partnership got their hands on VMware in multiple steps that began with the $24.9bn leveraged buyout of Dell Technologies in 2013....
...Endeavor shareholders should gird themselves for a fight with the sharp-elbowed team of Silver Lake and Emanuel. In 2013, Silver Lake helped Michael Dell take his technology company private for a song....
...Sodergren said the company has been expanding its investments in semiconductors in the past six or seven years, including a new site in Austin, Texas, and an expanded team in Sweden....
...Days later, the company announced it would pause all operations of its driverless vehicles, which had also been active in the US cities of Austin, Phoenix and Houston....
...The scale of the profits on one of those came to light this year — the move to take Dell Technologies private and then subsequently buy and sell VMware, a cloud computing company, by Silver Lake Partners...
...Silver Lake’s €2.4bn move to take over Software AG, one of the largest technology companies in Europe, progressed this month after a rival bidder withdrew their effort....
...Cruise vehicles had also been operating in the US cities of Austin, Phoenix and Houston....
...In today’s newsletter: DD chats with Silver Lake’s Egon Durban Private credit pounces on loan deals Silver Lake prepares for big ‘all-in’ bets US private equity group Silver Lake is up to big things....
...Silver Lake declined to comment and Sequoia did not immediately respond to requests for comment....
..., the US technology buyouts group that helped Michael Dell take his PC company private a decade ago, is ratcheting up its deal machine after taking a cautious approach to soaring tech valuations in recent...
...That description applies to Germany’s Software AG, currently in the sights of US technology investor Silver Lake. Its share price has been wallowing at five-year lows. Not any more....
...Silver Lake controls 35 per cent of the shares....
...The group’s shareholders should gear up for a fight with Silver Lake and Emanuel, Lex argues....
...Silver Lake and Thoma Bravo emerged as the frontrunners, the people said....
...Silver Lake is one of the largest buyout groups globally with $92bn in assets and a focus on investing in technology-enabled companies....
...Based in Austin, Texas, Vista is now trying to raise $20bn for its first flagship buyout fund since the firm was shaken by the scandal....
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