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David Bonderman Dies: Co-Founder Of Former CAA Parent TPG Was 82
David Bonderman, whose global investment firm TPG has been a major player in media and entertainment, died today at 82.
In 2024, the PE firm bought AT&T’s 70% interest in satellite broadcaster DirecTV, which it recently tried to merge with Dish before scrapping that deal amid protests by bondholders. The father of five and grandfather of three served a stint Washington, D.C. as Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division from 1968 to 1969 under President Lyndon Johnson. “David built an astonishingly broad and diverse resume of investments and was the architect of some of the most well-known, complex, and innovative transactions in the history of private equity.
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