Global Best private equity house: Texas Pacific Group

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Ex-Bass executives David Bonderman and Jim Coulter, together with former GE executive William Price, formed Texas Pacific Group, their own private equity firm, in 1992. Fourteen years and 70 transactions later, TPG is among the largest private equity houses globally, managing about $30 billion, and with a presence that stretches far beyond its roots in Texas.