M&A Deal Summary

Silver Lake Acquires Endeavor

On April 2, 2024, private equity firm Silver Lake acquired media company Endeavor for 13.0B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Silver Lake’s 5th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Silver Lake’s 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Silver Lake’s 94th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Silver Lake’s 35th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-04-02
Target Endeavor
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Silver Lake
Deal Type Going Private
Deal Value 13.0B USD
Advisor(s) Latham & Watkins (Legal)

Target

Endeavor

Beverly Hills, California, United States
Endeavor is a global sports and entertainment company, home to the world’s most dynamic and engaging storytellers, brands, live events, and experiences. The Endeavor network specializes in talent representation; marketing and licensing; content development, distribution, and sales; event management; and a number of direct-to-consumer offerings. Endeavor was incorporated in 1898 and is based in Beverly Hills, California.

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Buyer

Silver Lake

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 104.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Silver Lake is a mega-sized private equity firm focused on a broad range of growth investments in and acquisitions of technology companies. Silver Lake is subdivided into several investing groups including Silver Lake Partners, Silver Lake Sumeru, Silver Lake Waterman, Silver Lake Alpine, and Silver Lake Kraftwerk. Silver Lake Partners pursues large-scale private investments in companies within the technology, tech-enabled and related growth industries. Silver Lake Sumeru invests in middle market technology companies with established business models and attractive growth prospects where there is an opportunity to create value through operational transformation. Silver Lake Waterman provides growth capital to later-stage companies in the technology and technology-enabled industries, offering flexible solutions to finance expansion and acquisitions. Silver Lake Alpine is Silver Lake's debt and credit investing arm. Silver Lake Kraftwerk provides growth capital to technology and tech-enabled businesses driving efficiency across the operations, energy, and resources industries. Silver Lake Partners was formed in 1999 is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 134 of 136
Sector: Media M&A 5 of 5
Type: Going Private M&A Deals 15 of 17
State: California M&A 35 of 37
Country: United States M&A 94 of 96
Year: 2024 M&A 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 30
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-08 Eka

Bengaluru, India

Eka is a global provider of commodity management solutions with a specialty in the soft ags and energy markets. Eka was founded in 2001 and is based in Bengaluru, India.

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