Chairman and Managing Partner

Kenneth Hao

Ken Hao joined Silver Lake in 2000 and is Chairman and a Managing Partner. He currently serves as a director on the boards of portfolio companies SolarWinds and Splunk. He also led the establishment of the firm’s offices in Asia and led Silver Lake’s investments in Alibaba Group and Ant Group. Previously, he served as a director of Broadcom, NetScout Systems, ServiceMax, SMART Global Holdings, Symantec/NortonLifeLock and UGS Corp. (acquired by Siemens AG). Prior to joining Silver Lake, Ken was with Hambrecht & Quist (now part of JP Morgan) from 1990-1999, where he served as a Managing Director. Outside of Silver Lake, Ken serves on the boards of UCSF and Universal Tennis. He graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. in Economics.

Boards:
SolarWinds
Splunk