David Bonderman is a founder of Texas Pacific Group (TPG) and its Asian affiliate, Newbridge Capital.   Mr. Bonderman serves as a principal and founding partner of both firms.    The firms invest primarily in restructurings, recapitalizations and buyouts in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.

TPG and its affiliates have under management more than $20 billion of equity capital and have investments with board representation in these companies.  Portfolio companies controlled by TPG have combined revenues of $65 billion, operate in over 120 countries and employ over 550,000 people. Among the portfolio companies of TPG, Newbridge, and its principals are:  J. Crew; Burger King; Gemplus International, S.A.; ON Semiconductor; Seagate Technology; Ryanair; Debenhams; MEMC; Shenzhen Development Bank and Raffles Holdings, Ltd.

Prior to forming TPG in 1992, Mr. Bonderman was Chief Operating Officer of the Robert M. Bass Group, Inc. (now doing business as Keystone, Inc.) 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 serves on the Boards of the following public companies:  CoStar Group, Inc.; Gemplus International S.A.; and Ryanair Holdings, plc, of which he is Chairman. He also serves on the Boards of The Wilderness Society, the Grand Canyon Trust, the World Wildlife Fund, The University of Washington Foundation and the American Himalayan Foundation. 

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.