Managing Partner

Joe Osnoss

Joe Osnoss joined Silver Lake in 2002 and is a Managing Partner. From 2010 to 2014, he was based in London, where he co-led the Firm’s activities in EMEA. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Joe worked in investment banking at Goldman, Sachs & Co. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of First Advantage and Relativity and is a director of Carta, Cegid, Clubessential Holdings, EverCommerce, Global Blue, Global Payments, LightBox, and Zuora. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cast & Crew and was a director of Cornerstone OnDemand, Instinet, Interactive Data, Mercury Payment Systems, Sabre, and Virtu Financial. Joe graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College with an A.B. in Applied Mathematics and a citation in French Language. He has remained involved in academics, including as a Visiting Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics; a participant in The Polsky Center Private Equity Council at the University of Chicago; and an advisory board member at Stanford University’s Research Initiative on Long-Term Investing. He previously served as a member of the Dean’s Advisory Cabinet at Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Boards:
Carta
Cegid
Clubessential Holdings
EverCommerce
First Advantage
Global Blue
Global Payments
LightBox
Relativity
Zuora