José Feliciano — Clearlake Capital

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

THE LATEST: Feliciano co-founded Clearlake Capital, a Santa Monica-based private equity firm, with Behdad Eghbali in 2006. He serves as Clearlake’s managing partner, attracting investments from limited partners in dozens of countries around the world.
BACKGROUND: Feliciano has an extensive track record as a philanthropist, including a $500,000 donation in 2019 to the Oakland-based Robert Toigo Foundation, a nonprofit that supports education and diversity in financial leadership. In 2017, Puerto Rico-native Feliciano used his business acumen to marshal resources for the Hurricane Maria relief effort. He earned a BS in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University and holds an MBA from Stanford University.
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