Sixth Street Partners
global investment firm
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.
History
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. 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. 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. 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. Sixth Street Specialty Lending is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "TSLX".
Notable investments
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.
Legends Hospitality
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.
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