Silver Lake Partners, the global leader in technology investing, invested $500m in Symantec Corporation, an American software company headquartered in Mountain View, California. Michael A. Brown, Symantec president and CEO, said, “Silver Lake’s investment in Symantec validates the significant progress we’ve made in our transformation and is a tremendous vote of confidence in the Company. As we execute on Symantec’s unified security strategy as a focused company, we look forward to driving significant value for all shareholders.”