Jim Davidson is one of the original founding partners of Silver Lake, which he co-founded in 1999. He is currently a Managing Partner and Managing Director of Silver Lake, and serves as Chairman of the Managing Partners Committee and on the Investment Committees of several Silver Lake funds. Jim Davidson has been an active advisor to and investor in the technology industries for more than 30 years. Prior to Silver Lake, Jim Davidson was a Managing Director at Hambrecht & Quist, a technology-focused investment bank and venture capital firm (now part of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., "H&Q"). Jim Davidson managed several businesses at H&Q, including the Technology Investment Banking business and the Mergers and Acquisitions business. Prior to H&Q, he was a corporate securities attorney for Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro. Jim Davidson is an active "angel investor" and advisor to several private companies, primarily through Paxion, a multi-family office he formed with other successful investors and operating executives. Jim Davidson also serves on the boards of a number of non-profit organizations including the University of California, Berkeley Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science & Management, and the Basketball Hall of Fame. Jim Davidson holds a B.S. from the University of Nebraska and a J.D. from the University of Michigan.