Meet Silver Lake, the private equity firm making some major investments

Meet Silver Lake, the private equity firm making some major investments

Private equity firm Silver Lake has made a lot of major investments in large companies in recent years, including its acquisition of Electronic Arts (EA) on Monday. So, what is this firm and how does private equity work? What is Silver Lake? Silver Lake is a private equity firm, which is described as an investment company that pools money from wealthy people to purchase stakes in privately held companies or purchase publicly traded companies. “Y…