$5.5 billion
up 12.9%
Feliciano, 52, co-founded Clearlake Capital with longtime partner Behdad Eghbali in 2006, growing the firm to $90 billion in assets under management as of August. The firm focuses on technology, industrial and consumer investments. Clearlake’s deal flow has stayed busy, with a recent buyout of health care software company ModMed valued at $5.3 billion and the buyout of Dun & Bradstreet valued at $7.7 billion. Getting started: Feliciano began his career in mergers and acquisitions at Goldman Sachs before moving to Tennenbaum Capital Partners and eventually striking out on his own with Eghbali. He owns residential and commercial real estate in Santa Monica and Marina del Rey. Giving back: In 2014, he co-founded the Kwanza Jones & José E. Feliciano Initiative (Jones+Feliciano), a philanthropic grantmaking and impact investment organization. The Initiative invests in both nonprofits and for-profit ventures that are compatible with its goal to make a lasting impact across four key priorities: education, entrepreneurship, equal opportunity and empowerment. Feliciano serves on the board of directors of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the Robert Toigo Foundation and LA28, a nonprofit organization responsible for delivering the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. He is a trustee of Stanford University, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino and J. Paul Getty Trust.
