David Bonderman (born November 27, 1942) is a founding partner of TPG Capital (formerly Texas Pacific Group "TPG") and its Asian affiliate, Newbridge Capital. Bonderman is listed on the 2007 Forbes 400 list as the 105th wealthiest American with a net worth of approximately $3.3 billion.
Bonderman studied at the University of Washington and at Harvard Law School, graduating magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1966 and was a Phi Beta Kappa g...
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David Bonderman (born November 27, 1942) is a founding partner of TPG Capital (formerly Texas Pacific Group "TPG") and its Asian affiliate, Newbridge Capital. Bonderman is listed on the 2007 Forbes 400 list as the 105th wealthiest American with a net worth of approximately $3.3 billion.
Bonderman studied at the University of Washington and at Harvard Law School, graduating magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1966 and was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Washington in 1963. He was also a member of the Harvard Law Review and a Sheldon Fellow. While at or shortly after his time at Harvard, he traveled to Cairo, Egypt, to study Islamic Legal Jurisprudence and Law, and became proficient in various Islamic legal cliques developing a near-native fluency in formal Arabic. Later, Bonderman developed the Bonderman Fellows program at the University of Washington providing undergraduate and graduate students with opportunities for unstructured international travel and study....
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