A former Financial News Rising Star in private equity is leaving technology-focused buyout firm Silver Lake Partners' London office for a new role at TPG, which recently closed its third growth fund at over $3 billion.

John Flynn, who was in 2014 named by FN as one of European private equity's up-and-coming dealmakers, is moving back to the US after seven years in the UK to work for TPG in San Francisco, according to an email to contacts seen by Financial News.