120 posts and columns on Silver Lake
It’s a Jack World After All: Disney Names Dorsey to Board
When you wish upon a tech star … (I couldn’t resist, Iger!)In Chip Deal, Singapore’s Avago to Acquire LSI for $6.6 Billion
The deal is being financed with bank loans and a $1 billion investment from private equity firm Silver Lake.News Byte
Microsoft Names Exec to Top Skype Post
Microsoft has named Gurdeep Singh Pall to replace the departing Mark Gillett as corporate VP for Skype, as well as its Lync communications product. Gillett, who took a job as head of value creation at private equity firm Silver Lake, had been responsible for Skype’s product, engineering and operations worldwide, duties that will now fall to Pall. An experienced engineer, Pall was most recently CVP of Information Platform & Experience in Microsoft’s new Applications and Services division. Before that, he was CVP of the Office Lync & Speech group.Today Is Dell’s Last Day as a Public Company
See you around, DELL.Departing Skype Exec Gillett to Become Head of “Value Creation” at Silver Lake
Mystery managed, as the British exec might say!News Byte
Top Skype Exec Mark Gillett Departs Microsoft
According to an internal memo sent this morning to employees, top Skype exec Mark Gillett is leaving Microsoft. Sources said that Gillett — who is corporate VP for Skype, as well as its Lync product — has another job he is headed to, although the memo did not mention where he was going. Gillett, who is responsible for Skype’s product, engineering and operations globally, has been with the online telephony company for several years, including before Microsoft bought it. Previous to that, he worked at private equity giant Silver Lake in Europe.Look Who’s Taking Dell’s Spot on the S&P 500
Ending a 17-year run.Dell’s Days as a Public Company Will End With a 13-Cent Dividend Payment
Also: The board will shrink from 10 members to three.Carl Icahn Backs Down From Legal Challenge to Dell Buyout
Never mind, then.News Byte