Brian Knowles works as a Chief Executive Officer at Silver Lake. The firm's known portfolio counts 21 companies.
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Affiliated funds' portfolios
Chief Executive Officer at Silver Lake, whose known portfolio counts 21 companies
- Oyster
- Loft
- Waymo
- Metropolis
- Vantage Data Centers
- BigID
- Vestwell
- HYPR
- Talend
- Graylog
- Khazna Data Centers
- BlackLine
- and 9 more
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors AI, FinTech, Hardware and SaaS, and focus areas AI Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure, Cybersecurity and Data Analytics fall inside that listing.
Silver Lake appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds across its known deals.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Brian Knowles is worth approaching.
Colleagues at Silver Lake
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Jim Whitehurst
Managing Director
United States
Shawn K. O'Neill
Senior Advisor and Group Head of Silver Lake Waterman (SLW)
San Francisco, United States
Joerg Adams
Managing Director
Menlo Park, United States
Egon Durban
Managing Director
Menlo Park, United States
Mark Gillett
Managing Director
San Francisco, United States
Kenneth Hao
Managing Partner
Menlo Park, United States
Simon Patterson
Managing Director and Co-Head of EMEA
London, United Kingdom
Xue K.
Venture Partner
Singapore
John Suo
Director
New York, United States
Ajay Mayar
Vice President
New York, United States
Katie Leinbach
Investor
New York, United States
Jordan Halpern Leistner
Director
New York, United States
Lee Wittlinger
Managing Director
Menlo Park, United States
Abhinav Parakh
Principal
New York, United States
Marco Troncone
Principal
London, United Kingdom
Harrison Wardle
Vice President
Menlo Park, United States
Christoph Anthony
Director
United Kingdom
Christian Avolio
Principal
New York, United States
Ryan Bone
Managing Director
New York, United States
Katie Wright
Principal
San Francisco, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Brian Knowles?
Brian Knowles is a private equity investor based in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States, listed as Chief Executive Officer at Silver Lake. The known portfolio of that firm counts 21 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Brian Knowles personally.
What does Brian Knowles invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, FinTech, Hardware and SaaS; listed focus areas include AI Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure, Cybersecurity and Data Analytics. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Brian Knowles invest at?
Silver Lake appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds across its known deals, and Brian Knowles is listed there as Chief Executive Officer. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Brian Knowles listed at?
Brian Knowles is listed as Chief Executive Officer at Silver Lake. 42 other people in the database share a firm with Brian Knowles.
How do I contact Brian Knowles?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Brian Knowles. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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