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Jim Whitehurst

Investor

Senior Partner at Silver Lake Partners

United States

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About

Jim Whitehurst is a Senior Partner at Silver Lake and serves as Executive Chair of Qualtrics and Chair of Unity Technologies. He previously served as President of IBM, which he joined through its acquisition of Red Hat, and earlier held roles at Delta Air Lines, including chief operating officer, and at The Boston Consulting Group in its Chicago, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Atlanta offices. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics and computer science from Rice University, a General Course degree from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from Harvard.

Experience

  1. Silver LakeSenior Partnercurrent2026 — presentLongboat Key, Florida, United States
  2. Silver LakeManaging Director2024 — 2026United States
  3. Silver LakeSpecial Advisor2021 — 2024
  4. QualtricsExecutive Chairmancurrent2026 — presentProvo, Utah, United States
  5. QualtricsDirectorcurrent2024 — presentUnited States
  6. QualtricsExecutive Chairman and Co-CEO2025 — 2026
  7. UnityChairmancurrent2025 — present
  8. UnityExecutive Chair2024 — 2025United States
  9. UnityChief Executive Officer2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  10. United AirlinesDirectorcurrent2020 — presentUnited States
  11. AmplitudeDirectorcurrent2021 — presentUnited States
  12. CO2 AIDirectorcurrent2023 — presentUnited States
  13. IBMSenior Advisor2021 — 2022
  14. IBMPresident2020 — 2021
  15. Red HatPresident and CEO2008 — 2020
  16. Delta Air LinesChief Operating Officer (COO)2001 — 2007
  17. The Boston Consulting GroupPartner1989 — 2001

Skills & more

Marketing Communications30Airports31Aviation62Airlines48Program Management93Team Building59SDLC25Business Alliances85Cloud Computing99Pre-sales21Start-ups34Strategic Partnerships55
+12 morePaaSBusiness DevelopmentStrategic LeadershipVirtualizationLeading Edge TechnologiesSecurityE-commerceBig DataEnterprise SoftwareStrategic PlanningStrategySaaS

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Senior Counsel, EMEA at Silver Lake Partners
Aldo Brambilla
Associate at Silver Lake Partners
Alexandra von der Ley
Director at Silver Lake Partners
Amanda Warren
Principal at Silver Lake Partners
Anais Fritz
Director, Legal EMEA at Silver Lake Partners
Ananyaa Kumar
Associate at Silver Lake Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jim Whitehurst?
Jim Whitehurst is a Senior Partner at Silver Lake and serves as Executive Chair of Qualtrics and Chair of Unity Technologies. He previously served as President of IBM, which he joined through its acquisition of Red Hat, and earlier held roles at Delta Air Lines, including chief operating officer, and at The Boston Consulting Group in its Chicago, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Atlanta offices. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics and computer science from Rice University, a General Course degree from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from Harvard.
Where does Jim Whitehurst work?
Jim Whitehurst is Senior Partner at Silver Lake Partners.
Where did Jim Whitehurst go to school?
Jim Whitehurst studied at Harvard Business School (MBA); Rice University (BA, Computer Science and Economics).

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