David Bonderman
TPG Capital
David Bonderman is a founding partner of TPG Capital. TPG generally makes significant investments in operating companies through acquisitions and restructurings across a broad range of industries throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.
TPG and its affiliates have approximately $48 billion of capital under management. Portfolio companies controlled by TPG have combined revenues of over $85 billion, operate in more than 130 countries and employ approximately 600,000 people. Among the portfolio companies of TPG are: PETCO; IMS Health; Avaya; Harrah’s Entertainment, Energy Future Holdings (TXU); Neiman Marcus; SunGard and Univision.
Prior to forming TPG in 1992, Mr. Bonderman was Chief Operating Officer of the Robert M. Bass Group, Inc. (now doing business as Keystone Group, L.P.) in Fort Worth, Texas. Prior to joining RMBG in 1983, Mr. Bonderman was a partner in the law firm of Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in corporate, securities, bankruptcy and antitrust litigation. From 1969 to 1970, Mr. Bonderman was a Fellow in Foreign and Comparative Law in conjunction with Harvard University and from 1968 to 1969, he was Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division. From 1967 to 1968, Mr. Bonderman was Assistant Professor at Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans.
Mr. Bonderman graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law School in 1966. He was a member of the Harvard Law Review and a Sheldon Fellow. He is a 1963 graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle.
Mr. Bonderman serves on the Boards of the following public companies: Armstrong Worldwide Industries, Inc.; CoStar Group, Inc.; General Motors Company; and Ryanair Holdings, plc, of which he is Chairman. He also serves on the Supervisory Board for VTB Bank. In addition, he serves on the Boards of The Wilderness Society, the Grand Canyon Trust, The University of Washington Foundation and the American Himalayan Foundation.
Conferences:
- Fall 2011 - October 26
- Fall 2003 - November 13
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Upcoming Conferences
October 10, 2017 - New York
April 10, 2018 - New York
October 9, 2018 - New York
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Past Conference Books
Common Stocks & Common Sense: The Strategies, Analyses, Decisions and Emotions of a Particularly Succesful Value Investor
By Edgar Wachenheim III
Heyday: The 1850s and the Dawn of the Global Age
By Ben Wilson
Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future
By Joi Ito & Jeff Howe
The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americas and Our Energy Future
By Gretchen Bakke, Ph.D.
Winning at Active Management: The Essential Roles of Culture, Philosophy, and Technology
By William W. Priest, Steven D. Bleiberg & Michael A. Wellhoelter
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