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Kenneth Hao

United States 57 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Private equity
Residence
Hillsborough, California

Biography

Kenneth Hao is chairman of Silver Lake, a private equity firm specializing in making technology investments.

Silver Lake is based in Silicon Valley and oversees about $100 billion.

Hao joined Silver Lake in 2000. He previously worked as a managing director at Hambrecht & Quist.

Hao led Silver Lake's expansion into Asia, opening offices in China and Japan and leading Silver Lake's profitable investment in Alibaba Group.

Hao is a director of ServiceMax, SMART Global Holdings, SolarWinds and Symantec, and previously served on the board of Broadcom.