Silver Lake Buys Into Oak View Group

Posted by Don Muret | Mar 14, 2018 | General

Technology investment firm Silver Lake has made a strategic investment in Oak View Group, a diversified sports and entertainment company. Terms were not disclosed, but sources said that it is an investment of more than $100 million and that Silver Lake receives an equity stake in the firm. The investment was announced earlier this week.

Los Angeles-based Oak View Group was co-founded in 2015 by Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff and runs multiple businesses, including OVG Business Development...

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Don Muret

Senior Editor Don Muret has been a reporter for 35 years, including 25 years in trade journalism at SportsBusiness Journal and the old Amusement Business magazine before joining VenuesNow in December 2017. Previously, he worked 10 years as a sports writer for multiple daily and weekly newspapers. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa native has a journalism degree from Drake University and attended graduate school at the University of Iowa. He’s a diehard Chicago Cubs fan and loves live music. Muret lives in Charlotte with his wife, Dana, and their two teenage daughters, Madeline and Carolyn. Don can be reached at (704) 877-7399 or dmuret@oakviewgroup.com