Introduction to Silver Lake: From their founding to their strategy, team and geographic focus.
Scope of deals: Exploring deal formats and sectors.
Market setup for large-scale tech: Unveiling recent deals with a spotlight on the larger “all-in” control transactions of the Silver Lake Partners VII Fund (“SLP VII Fund”), in addition to the pipeline and themes.
Tech-enabled trends: Delving into tech-driven trends such as healthcare, content and travel.
Value addition and growth: Learning how companies are enhanced, unlocking new stages of financial and operational growth.
Progress: Latest fundraising updates on Silver Lake Partners VII Fund (“SLP VII Fund”).

Managing Director at Silver Lake

CFA – Vice President of the Investment Team at Petiole USA Limited

Market Insights - 3 min
The Federal Open Market Committee (“FOMC”) voted to hold rates steady at the last meeting at the end of April, and is seen as certain to hold once again at the 3.50%–3.75% range in the meeting next month.
May 26, 2026

Education - 2 min
For GCC families managing significant wealth, two priorities tend to define every serious investment conversation: protecting what has been built, and deploying capital in ways that align with their faith. For a long time, those two goals pulled against each other, especially when private equity (“PE”) entered the discussion.
May 21, 2026

General - 3 min
In a discussion with Abdulmohsin Al Omran, Founder and CEO of The Family Office, Robert F. Smith, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, unpacked the forces reshaping enterprise software, from the rise of agentic AI and the coming re-rating of software valuations to the GCC's strategic compute opportunity and what investors should be doing now. Below are the highlights of the webinar:
May 17, 2026