David Bonderman
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David Bonderman (1942 - ) is a founder of Texas Pacific Group (TPG) and its Asian affiliate, Newbridge Capital.
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. [1]
Mr. Bonderman serves on the Boards of CoStar Group, Inc., GemAlto N.V., Ryanair Holdings, Inc. and Burger King Holdings, Inc., He has been the Chairman of Ryanair Holdings and Ryanair Limited since December 1996. [2] 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.
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.
In 2006 Bonderman was rated #46 on the Forbes Midas List. [3]
