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Anais Fritz joined Silver Lake in 2019 as Director, Legal EMEA. She was General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer of 8c Capital LLP and a Corporate Associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP for six years.

Julie Rutiz joined Silver Lake in 2021 as Senior Counsel after working at Ropes & Gray LLP on leveraged buyouts, venture capital and private equity investments. Julie holds a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Patrick Garvin joined Silver Lake in 2021 as an Operating Vice President. He previously led StubHub’s global performance marketing program for five years and held leadership roles at Performics.

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Altera, a chipmaker backed by Silver Lake and Intel, files confidentially for an initial public offering. The company makes chips for artificial intelligence, automation, and other applications; Intel acquired it for about $16.7 billion in 2015, and Silver Lake took a 51% stake in 2025.

Sep 2026 · Bloomberg TechNews article

Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack that he is back in control of the company after its board recently placed him on paid leave, though the board has not confirmed the change. He says the board is back in agreement and describes recent events as possibly a misunderstanding. Automattic has not responded to TechCrunch, while WordPress.org Executive Director Mary Hubbard publicly welcomes his return.

Sep 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

Altera, the chipmaker backed by Silver Lake and Intel, is preparing to confidentially file for an initial public offering in the coming weeks. The offering could raise more than $2 billion, and the company could list as early as this year.

Sep 2026 · ReutersNews article

Silver Lake plans to merge French software companies Cegid and Silae in a transaction valued at more than €10 billion ($11.6 billion). The combination brings together Cegid’s business-management, accounting, and tax software with Silae’s payroll and HR platform, plus payments and digital banking capabilities from Cegid’s Shine acquisition, and creates a 1,400-person developer team to invest in AI. The combined group is expected to generate €1.6 billion in annual revenue and close in the first half of 2027, subject to regulatory approval.

Sep 2026 · CNBC TechNews article