From West Coast springs far more than tech deals

Silver Lake may be known more for its technology buyouts, but one of the San Francisco firm’s biggest recent falls into a different category altogether.Teaming up with its platform company William Morris Endeavor, Silver Lake bought sports marketing and talent management firm IMG Worldwide for $2.3 billion late last year. Jim Davidson, Silver Lake managing partner, recently hailed the acquisition as a way to harness IMG’s stable of authors, athletes and other stars that generate popular entertainment and content.

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