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TPG Capital, L.P.

TPG Capital
Private
Industry Private equity
Predecessor Texas Pacific Group
Founded 1992; 25 years ago (1992)
Founder David Bonderman
James Coulter
William S. Price III
Headquarters Fort Worth, Texas
San Francisco, California
United States
Products Leveraged buyouts, growth capital, venture capital
Total assets US$ 75 billion
Website www.tpg.com

TPG Capital (abbrev. for Texas Pacific Group) is an American investment company, it is one of the largest private equity investment firms in the world, focused on leveraged buyouts, growth capital and leveraged recapitalization investments in distressed companies and turnaround situations. TPG also manages investment funds specializing in growth capital, venture capital, , and debt investments. The firm invests in a broad range of industries including consumer/retail, media and telecommunications, industrials, technology, travel/leisure and health care.

The firm was founded in 1992 by David Bonderman, James Coulter and William S. Price III. Since inception, the firm has raised more than $50 billion of investor commitments across more than 18 private equity funds.

TPG is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, and San Francisco, California. The company has additional offices in Europe, Asia, Australia and other parts of North America.

TPG has historically relied primarily on private equity funds, pools of committed capital from pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, fund of funds, high-net-worth individuals, sovereign wealth funds, and from other institutional investors. As of the end of 2008, TPG had completed fundraising for over 20 funds with total investor commitments of over $50 billion.


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