David Smolen

Mr. David Smolen is Chief Compliance Officer at Silver Lake Partners.
He joined Silver Lake in 2011.
Prior to joining Silver Lake, he was General Counsel, CFO & COO of Fort Mason Capital, LLC, a hedge fund specializing in growth capital investments.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Smolen co-founded a venture investing firm focused on Latin America, practiced securities law at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, clerked for the Honorable Richard F.
Suhrheinrich on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic.
Mr. Smolen holds J.D., M.A., and B.A.
degrees from Stanford University and was an Editor of the Stanford Law Review.