1. David Bonderman was an American billionaire businessman.
17 Facts About David Bonderman
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David Bonderman was the founding partner of TPG Inc, and its Asian affiliate, Newbridge Capital.
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David Bonderman was one of the minority owners of the NBA's Boston Celtics as well as the co-founder and co-majority owner of the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League.
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David Bonderman was a member of the Harvard Law Review and a Sheldon Fellow.
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David Bonderman began providing the funding for the David Bonderman Travel Fellowship at the University of Washington in 1995 which gives eight undergraduate and six graduate students per year with the opportunity to travel the world independently, with very little structure or regulations.
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David Bonderman was an assistant professor at Tulane University Law School during 1967 and 1968; he then was a special assistant to the United States Attorney General during 1968 and 1969.
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David Bonderman was a principal at TPG in Fort Worth, Texas, from December 1992, where he was co-founder and chairman.
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In 2008, David Bonderman was named as one of the investors of what became the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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David Bonderman was on the boards of The Wilderness Society, the Grand Canyon Trust, the World Wide Fund for Nature, The University of Washington Foundation and the American Himalayan Foundation.
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David Bonderman previously was on the boards of Washington Mutual, American Savings Bank, Denbury Resources and Burger King.
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David Bonderman was a board member of Uber until he resigned from that position in June 2017.
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In 2018, David Bonderman filed an application for a National Hockey League expansion team to play at a renovated Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington.
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David Bonderman was married to Laurie Michaels; they had five children, and lived in Fort Worth, Texas.
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David Bonderman was reported to be in a relationship with Christa Campbell in February and May 2023, though he stayed married with Michaels.
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In 2002, for his 60th birthday, David Bonderman had The Rolling Stones and John Mellencamp play at his birthday party at The Theater at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
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In 2012, for his 70th birthday party, David Bonderman held a private concert by former The Beatles member Paul McCartney at Wynn Las Vegas for 1,020 guests.
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David Bonderman died in Los Angeles, on December 11,2024, at the age of 82.