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Sixth Street Partners
TypePrivate
Industry
Founded2009; 17 years ago (2009)
Founders
  • Alan Waxman
  • Clint Kollar
  • David Stiepleman
  • Vijay Mohan
  • Joshua Easterly
  • Michael Muscolino
  • Matt Dillard
  • Bornah Moghbel
  • Steven Pluss
HeadquartersLetterman Digital Arts Center
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Number of locations
11
AUMover $130 billion (2026)
Number of employees
over 750 (2026)
Websitesixthstreet.com
Footnotes
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Sixth Street (formerly known as TSSP) is an American investment firm founded in 2009, based in San Francisco, California. The firm operates nine investment platforms across its growth investing, adjacencies, direct lending, fundamental public strategies, infrastructure, special situations, agriculture and par liquid credit businesses.[3]

History

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Sixth Street was established in 2009, when CEO Alan Waxman recreated a type of investing platform that he had managed in his former role at Goldman Sachs.[4][5] This included a strategic partnership with TPG, which made $2 billion in fund commitments to the Sixth Street team. The two firms operated autonomously while TPG maintained a minority stake in Sixth Street.[6] They became formally independent in May 2020 when they had $34 billion in assets under management (AUM), and have grown to $75 billion AUM as of 2024.[7][8][9] TPG Specialty Lending became Sixth Street Specialty Lending effective on June 15, 2020; Sixth Street Partners is the parent company of Specialty Lending's adviser, which also underwent a name change in 2020, from TSL Advisers, LLC to Sixth Street Specialty Lending Advisers, LLC.[10] Sixth Street Specialty Lending is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "TSLX".[10]

Notable investments

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Sixth Street invests in the equity and debt of public and private companies, acquires real estate, finances infrastructure projects, and provides start-up capital to new businesses. Sixth Street has been noted in the financial media for the unusual structure of its largest fund, which is open-ended and able to hold longer-term investments.[11]

Professional sports

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Legends Hospitality

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In January 2021, Sixth Street acquired a majority interest in Legends Hospitality, a sports and live entertainment services company co-founded by affiliates of the New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys.[12][13]

San Antonio Spurs

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In June 2021, Sixth Street acquired a 20% stake in the San Antonio Spurs. They were joined by Michael Dell, who acquired a 10% stake.[14]

FC Barcelona

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In July 2022, Sixth Street acquired rights to 25% of FC Barcelona's income from LaLigaSportsTV over the next 25 years. The deal was worth €207.5 million for the initial 10% stake and an additional €310 million for the other 15%.[15][16]

Bay FC

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On April 4, 2023, the American National Women's Soccer League awarded one of its two planned 2024 expansion teams to a Bay Area group at a reported $53 million expansion fee. The expansion announcement confirmed the involvement of Sixth Street Partners as the Bay Area group's lead investor.[17][18] Sixth Street CEO Alan Waxman and former United States women's national soccer team and professional club players Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton, and Aly Wagner were announced as the club's founding board members. The club would be the first professional sports team in the United States to have an institutional investor as a majority owner, in contrast to rules established by other United States sports leagues that restricted or prohibited such ownership.[19] NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman noted that the investment did not have a target hold period, and was funded from Sixth Street Tao Partners, a balance sheet fund[20] with no requirement to be liquidated, which the league intended to treat like an individual owner with a large net worth.[21] The team's name, Bay FC, and logo were announced on June 1, 2023.[22]

Boston Celtics

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In March 2025, it was announced that Sixth Street was reportedly part of William Chisholm’s $6.1bn takeover bid of NBA team Boston Celtics.[23]

Sunderland Women

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In April 2026, Bay Collective, Sixth Street's multi-club ownership vehicle purchased a majority stake in Sunderland A.F.C. Women. Sunderland currently compete in the English Women's Super League 2.[24]

Spotify

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In the spring of 2016, the firm co-led an investment consortium that invested $1 billion in music-streaming service Spotify Ltd. through debt convertible to equity.[25]

Credit Suisse

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In May 2016, Sixth Street purchased a $1.27 billion portfolio of debt and equity investments related to 170 different companies from Credit Suisse. The transaction's complexity and short turn-around time reportedly required a team of nearly 50 Sixth Street staff members to underwrite.[26]

Airbnb

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In Spring 2020, Sixth Street co-led a $1 billion equity and debt investment in online travel marketplace Airbnb.[27]

Talcott Resolution

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In January 2021, Sixth Street acquired Talcott Resolution, the former life insurance and annuity business of The Hartford, for more than $2 billion.[28]

Caris Life Sciences

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Sixth Street led an $830 million growth-equity round for precision oncology company Caris Life Sciences in May 2021. Sixth Street had previously invested in the company in 2018 and 2020.[29][30]

Dyal Capital Partners

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In April 2017, Dyal Capital Partners made a strategic minority investment valuing Sixth Street at $3.5 billion. All proceeds from the transaction were reinvested into Sixth Street's business.[31] In February 2021, Sixth Street filed a lawsuit against Dyal, claiming that a competitor will own a stake of the firm after Dyal merges with Owl Rock and goes public.[32][33]

References

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  1. ↑ "Sixth Street". Sixth Street.
  2. ↑ "Sixth Street Office Contact information". Sixth Street.
  3. ↑ Jarzemsky, Matt (April 11, 2017). "Dyal Capital to Buy 10% Stake in TPG Special Situations Partners". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  4. ↑ "PA SERS Private Credit Investment Recommendation" (PDF).
  5. ↑ Lat, David (June 16, 2020). "How To Go In-House, And How To Excel Once You're There: An Interview With David Stiepleman". Above the Law. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  6. ↑ Jarzemsky, Matt (April 11, 2017). "Dyal Capital to Buy 10% Stake in TPG Special Situations Partners". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  7. ↑ "TPG, Sixth Street to End Partnership in Bid to Fuel Dealmaking". Bloomberg.com. January 28, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  8. ↑ "TPG and Sixth Street Partners Announce Completion of Agreement to Become Independent, Unaffiliated Businesses". www.businesswire.com. May 1, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  9. ↑ Hallum, Mark (September 3, 2024). "Sixth Street Buys Out Last Bit of TPG's Stake in $1B Deal". Commercial Observer. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  10. 1 2 "TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. Announces Corporate Name Change to Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc" (Press release). Sixth Street Specialty Lending. June 5, 2020. Retrieved April 4, 2026.
  11. ↑ Gottfried, Miriam (August 16, 2020). "WSJ News Exclusive | Sixth Street Partners Amasses One of the Largest Private-Capital Funds". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  12. ↑ Gottfried, Miriam (January 11, 2021). "WSJ News Exclusive | Sixth Street Partners Nears Deal for Majority Stake in Legends Hospitality Group". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  13. ↑ Soshnick, Eben Novy-Williams, Brendan Coffey, Scott (January 11, 2021). "Legends Valued at $1.35 Billion on Sixth Street's Control of Hospitality Joint Venture". Sportico.com. Retrieved May 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ↑ "San Antonio Spurs add Sixth Street and Michael Dell as investors". SportsPro. June 22, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  15. ↑ Bunker, Ted (July 22, 2022). "Sixth Street Partners Adds to Media Rights Deal With FC Barcelona Soccer Club". The Wall Street Journal.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  16. ↑ Pathak, Manasi (July 22, 2022). "Barcelona sell further 15% of LaLiga TV rights to Sixth Street". Reuters. Archived from the original on July 22, 2022.
  17. ↑ Ingemi, Marisa (April 4, 2023). "Bay Area lands NWSL 2024 expansion team with largest investment in women's soccer". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  18. ↑ Toonkel, Jessica; Bachman, Rachel (January 27, 2023). "NWSL Set to Expand With Record-Setting $50 Million Franchise Fees". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  19. ↑ Germano, Sara (April 4, 2023). "Sixth Street commits $125mn to buy new US women's football club". Financial Times. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  20. ↑ Falconer, Kirk (May 25, 2022). "Sixth Street to replenish $1bn of massive Tao evergreen pool". Buyout Insider. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  21. ↑ Scott Soshnick, Eben Novy-Williams (April 11, 2023). "NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman Talks Record Expansion, Private Equity". Sporticast (Podcast). Spotify. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  22. ↑ "Bay FC Is Born: National Women's Soccer League Club Representing the Bay Area Unveils Name and Identity to Unite Northern California" (Press release). Bay FC. June 1, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  23. ↑ Hardy, Matt (March 20, 2025). "NBA: Sixth Street backing $6.1bn Chisholm bid for Boston Celtics". City AM. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  24. ↑ Sanders, Emma (April 7, 2026). "Bay Collective to take majority ownership of Sunderland Women". BBC Sport. Retrieved April 13, 2026.
  25. ↑ "TPG Credit Arm Chasing More Spotify-Like Deals with Goldman Hire". Bloomberg.com. March 27, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  26. ↑ Jarzemsky, Matt (May 4, 2016). "Credit Suisse Slashes Debt Trading With Private-Equity Deal". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  27. ↑ Batchelor, Deirdre Bosa, Laura (April 6, 2020). "Airbnb is raising $1 billion amid fallout from coronanvirus". CNBC. Retrieved June 1, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  28. ↑ Scism, Leslie (January 20, 2021). "WSJ News Exclusive | Sixth Street Partners to Acquire Life Insurance Business Talcott Resolution for $2 Billion". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  29. ↑ Gottfried, Miriam (May 11, 2021). "WSJ News Exclusive | Caris Life Sciences Gets $830 Million Investment From Sixth Street-Led Group". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  30. ↑ "Caris Life Sciences' massive new capital raise gives it a valuation of nearly $8 billion". Dallas News. May 11, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  31. ↑ TSSP. "TPG Sixth Street Partners (TSSP) Announces Completion of Strategic Minority Investment by Dyal Capital Partners". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  32. ↑ Segal, Julie (February 19, 2021). "Inside the Explosive Lawsuit That Started a Legal War Between Sixth Street and Dyal". Institutional Investor. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  33. ↑ Natarajan, Sridhar; Basak, Sonali (February 16, 2021). "Owl Rock-Dyal Merger Mired in $600 Million Sixth Street Dispute". Bloomberg News. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
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