Permira, a global private equity firm, has hired Carolyn Everson as a senior adviser.
At Permira, Carolyn will work with teams across the globe, using her company-building experience, global network and sector expertise to support the firm’s investment activities and portfolio value creation. Carolyn joined Facebook, now known as Meta, serving as vice president of global marketing solutions, where she oversaw a global team of over 4,000 people across 50 countries and over $80 billion in revenue. Her career also includes senior roles at Instacart, Microsoft and Viacom‘s MTV Networks.
“Her experience will be instrumental in both identifying new investment opportunities and helping our management teams realize their growth ambitions,” says Dipan Patel, partner and head of consumer of Permira, and Brian Ruder, partner and co-head of technology at Permira.