Clearlake Capital Group

Clearlake Capital Group

Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. is a leading global alternative asset manager founded in 2006 that provides flexible, integrated capital solutions across private equity, liquid and private credit, and related strategies in partnership with investors worldwide (per clearlake.com). Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, with a global footprint of offices across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, the firm employs a sector-focused approach targeting technology, industrials, and consumer for private equity investments while offering liquid and illiquid credit solutions via Clearlake Credit. Clearlake utilizes a flexible mandate to invest in private and public transactions across the capital structure—including buyouts, corporate divestitures, and reorganizations—throughout economic cycles, emphasizing value creation via its proprietary O.P.S.® (Operations, People, Strategy) operational improvement framework in partnership with management teams (per firm About Us page). The firm has led or co-led hundreds of investments. Timeline milestones include growth to $90 billion AUM in 2025 via MV Credit acquisition and Clearlake Credit launch, followed by 2026 acquisition of Pathway Capital Management and close of Clearlake Capital Partners VIII ($14.8 billion commitments), elevating combined AUM to $185 billion (per clearlake.com About Us timeline and June 16, 2026 official press release). Co-Founders José E. Feliciano and Behdad Eghbali serve as Managing Partners.