David Bonderman
Fort Worth, Texas
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Washington | Doctor of Jurisprudence, Harvard University
United States
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private equity, Self Made
$3,600,000,000
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#667 Billionaires 2019
#239 Forbes 400 2018
David Bonderman is chairman and founding partner of private equity giant TPG, which has $84 billion in assets under management. "Bondo" met his longtime business partner Jim Coulter while working for billionaire Robert Bass. The pair left in 1992 to found TPG.Their first big deal was a $66 million investment in faltering Continental Airlines, which ultimately made them a $640 million profit.Together the two are still principal owners of TPG; Bonderman operates from Fort Wort and Coulter from San Francisco.In 1995 he created the Bonderman Travel Fellowship at the U.of Wash., sponsoring fellows to travel to at least 6 countries for 8 months.
Bonderman studied Islamic law in Egypt and Tunis, and published an article for the Harvard Law Review titled "Modernization and Changing Perceptions of Islamic Law."In June 2017, Bonderman landed in hot water after making a sexist joke at an all-hands Uber meeting. He resigned as a board member later that day.
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