David Bonderman Quotes

• Some of the very best private equity people, in my experience, are people who start out as stock pickers - people who really understood value, how to take a company's financials apart and couple that with good judgment about businesses, macro trends, and where things are going.

  David Bonderman

  Couple, People, Judgment

  The Harbus Interview, www.harbus.org. February 2, 2004.

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• Don't do something you don't like. Look for a job that makes you excited to get up and go to work everyday.

  David Bonderman

  Everyday, Excited

  Source: www.harbus.org

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• The private equity world is a relatively small one. There are currently probably a few thousand professional jobs worldwide. In private equity, that's probably about all there is. So in the scheme of things, the firms are all relatively small.

  David Bonderman

  World, Equity, Firm

  Source: www.harbus.org

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• Generally speaking, you like to dance with the girl that brung you, and if you can't sometimes you have to shoot her.

  David Bonderman

  Girl, Sometimes, Ifs

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• When governments are selling, you should be buying. And when governments are defaulting, we should look at that as an opportunity.

  David Bonderman

  Opportunity, Government, Looks

  "TPG's Bonderman Sees Mega LBO Coming - $10-15B Deal". www.businessinsider.com. March 04, 2011.

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• Being a good private equity investor is more complicated than it seems. I would say that there are a few characteristics that are important. If you look at the skill set that you need to ultimately be a successful private equity investor, at least at the senior level, you have to be, in this business, a good investor. You have to be able to help companies perform and you have to have judgment around exiting investments. If you look at the skill sets there, they include some things you can teach and some that you can't.

  David Bonderman

  Senior, Successful, Important

  The Harbus Interview, www.harbus.org. February 2, 2004.

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• Prices are always lower when the troops are in the street.

  David Bonderman

  Troops, Streets

  "TPG's Bonderman Sees Mega LBO Coming - $10-15B Deal". www.businessinsider.com. March 04, 2011.

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• Every deal is a regulated deal. Regulators will tell you how to take your money home.

  David Bonderman

  Home, Deals, Regulators

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• Private equity capital in each of those markets Europe and Asia - while those markets have very different characteristics - fills a niche where either strategic investors or the public markets don't go, or don't want to go for some particular reason. I think that's going to continue to be the case going forward.

  David Bonderman

  Thinking, Different, Niche

  Source: www.harbus.org

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• For me, one of the highlights of being in the private equity world is that you need to learn a lot and very quickly about different businesses. So it's always a continuing learning experience where you can apply what you know, of course, by way of judgment and by way of numerical analysis. You're always investing in new businesses, which is a learning experience in itself. I think that is a wonderful thing and I think it makes for intellectual challenge and for continued personal growth. That, for me, is the highlight of this job.

  David Bonderman

  Thinking, Challenges, Intellectual

  The Harbus Interview, www.harbus.org. February 2, 2004.

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• A good default, like Portugal or Greece, would be very good for the private equity business.

  David Bonderman

  Would Be, Portugal, Default

  "TPG's Bonderman Sees Mega LBO Coming - $10-15B Deal". SuperReturn conference in Berlin, www.businessinsider.com. March 04, 2011.

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• I think that what we leave behind us is extremely important. I therefore spend a fair amount of time on the charitable front, and someday I hope to spend more time on it.

  David Bonderman

  Thinking, Important, Someday

  Source: www.harbus.org

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• Nobody in my generation ever started out in private equity. We got there by accident. There was no private equity business - actually, the word didn't even exist - when I started. I got there out of the purest of happenstance and so I think many people find what they really enjoy doing just in that way. So another piece of advice for you is: don't worry too much about what you're going to be doing when you get out of business school - life will come your way.

  David Bonderman

  School, Thinking, Worry

  Source: www.harbus.org

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