James Coulter (financier)

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name = James Coulter


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known_for = Co-founder of Texas Pacific Group
employer = TPG Capital (formerly Texas Pacific Group)
occupation = Private equity investor
education = Dartmouth College, Stanford Graduate School of Business
nationality = USA

James Coulter is a private equity and co-founder of TPG Capital, originally known as the Texas Pacific Group.

Overview

In 1992, Coulter founded the Fort Worth and San Francisco-based private equity firm, which as of 2007was ranked the fifth largest globally with over $23.5 billion of assets under management. [ [http://www.peimedia.com/resources/Conference/downloads/PEI50_Brochure_final.pdf Top 50 PE funds] from Private equity international] Prior to co-founding TPG in 1992, Coulter worked together with the other co-founders, for Robert M. Bass. Coulter joined the Robert M. Bass Group from Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb.

Coulter has been involved in some of the largest leveraged buyout transactions on record including TPG's marquee transaction, the takeover of Continental Airlines in 1993. He has also been involved with TPG's investments in America West Airlines, Burger King, Del Monte Foods, J. Crew [STEINHAUER, JENNIFER. " [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E3DE113FF93BA25753C1A961958260 J. Crew Caught in Messy World of Finance as It Sells Majority Stake] ." New York Times, October 18, 1997] , Ducati Motor Holding, Gemplus International, MEMC, ON Semiconductor, Oxford Health Plans [Norris, Floyd. " [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E6D9153EF936A15751C0A96E958260 SHAKE-UP AT A HEALTH GIANT: THE RESCUERS; Oxford Investors Build In Some Insurance, in Case Things Don't Work Out] ." New York Times, February 25, 1998.] [" [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01EED91031F935A15753C1A9669C8B63 COMPANY NEWS; PROFITS TRIPLE AT OXFORD; TEXAS PACIFIC BUYBACK SET] ." New York Times, October 26, 2000.] , Petco [" [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E2D8173AF93BA25756C0A9669C8B63 COMPANY NEWS; MANAGEMENT-LED GROUP TO BUY PETCO FOR $505 MILLION] ." New York Times, May 18, 2000] [" [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/15/business/15petco.html 2 Equity Firms to Acquire Petco ] ." Bloomberg, July 15, 2006.] and Seagate Technology.

Coulter graduated summa cum laude graduate from Dartmouth College, where he was also Phi Beta Kappa. He subsequently received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1986, where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar.

References

* [http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2003/03/03/focus2.html Texas Pacific's habit of success] . February 28, 2003