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13 Facts About Jon Winkelried

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Jon Winkelried was born on c 1959 and is an American financial executive.

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Jon Winkelried is known for suddenly retiring at the peak of his career at age 49 from Goldman Sachs.

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Jon Winkelried attended the University of Chicago where he earned both an undergraduate degree and an MBA and played baseball.

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Jon Winkelried worked as an intern in the equities trading department at Goldman Sachs in the summer prior to graduating in 1982.

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Jon Winkelried later accepted a permanent job at Goldman in the investment banking department in the Utilities Group.

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Jon Winkelried was made co-head of FICC with Lloyd Blankfein.

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Blankfein was appointed the new CEO and Jon Winkelried was made co-chief operating officer and co-president with Gary Cohn.

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Jon Winkelried's last act would be to secure a $5B convertible preferred investment from Warren Buffett in Goldman during the financial crisis to secure the company's solvency.

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Jon Winkelried was named co-CEO of TPG in October 2015 and then named CEO of TPG in May 2021.

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Jon Winkelried has been married to Abby Lipsey, a preschool teacher, since 1986.

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Jon Winkelried is the owner of two ranches in Meeker, Colorado: the Marvine and the Pot Hole.

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Jon Winkelried is an expert "cutter," a sport in which horseback riders separate a calf from the herd.

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Jon Winkelried serves on the board of trust of Vanderbilt University and the Board of Overseers of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.