Jose E. Feliciano Flexible Private Market Investing at Clearlake (Capital Allocators, EP. 297)

Published: Feb. 13, 2023, 9 a.m.

Jos\xe9 E. Feliciano is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Clearlake Capital Group. Clearlake manages $75 billion in assets in a flexible strategy across private equity, credit, and special situations in the technology, industrial, and consumer sectors.

Our conversation covers Jos\xe9's background, operational experience, and launch of Clearlake in 2006 to pursue a flexible strategy. We turn to the challenges and drawbacks of Clearlake's flexible investment approach, its investment process, ownership model, and trajectory growing from $3 billion in assets after ten years in business to $75 billion six years later. We close by discussing capital transactions for GPs, continuation funds, current opportunity set, Clearlake's investment in Chelsea Football Club, and permanent capital structures. \xa0 \xa0 For full show notes, visit the episode webpage here.\xa0 \xa0
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