‘Rock Star’ David Bonderman Mourned by Industry Leaders
- Tom Barrack, others pour out support for Bonderman family
- Bonderman grew TPG into today’s $239 billion behemoth
David Bonderman
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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David Bonderman once told his former boss that he didn’t know anything about investing. By the end of his life, he was considered a legend in the private equity world and had directed his firm, TPG Inc., in doling out billions of dollars to turn around companies.
“Friend, brother, partner, teacher, mentor, psychologist, rock star,” Colony Capital co-founder Tom Barrack said of Bonderman, who died Wednesday at 82. “A master-class professor in how to build long line relationships and true irreplicable value in people and businesses.”