Karen King
COO and Managing Director, Silver Lake
Karen grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, drawn to technology by her engineer father who immigrated to the U.S. from Japan. After graduating from Duke University and Harvard Law School, Karen worked in Capital Markets and M&A at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York City and London, and then headed west to Silicon Valley. Karen joined Silver Lake in 2004, rose to Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer in 2010, and now, as Chief Operating Officer, oversees many functions while also working on the private equity giant’s deals. She serves on the boards of several Silver Lake portfolio companies—Endeavor, Qualtrics, and Relativity—as well as Franklin Templeton.