Markets. Joining me today on bloomberg studio 1. 0, tpg coceo jim coulter. So tpg is an investor in uber, airbnb, vice, spotify, what do all these companies have in common and what does it tell us about your strategy . Jim i think they all have in common that they are driving disruptions in their industries. If you look at tpg, we are often called a private equity firm, in fact we have been disruption investors. From the beginning when we started with continental airlines. People thought we were airline investors, but that was a moment in time. We have not done much airline investing in 10 years, but since that founding 25 years ago, we have constantly specialized in finding where the economy is changing and how we can expose capital to it. Emily you and david cofounded tpg in 1993. What was it in those early days that set the stage for what tpg became . Jim we came to the industry from a different place. First of all, it is a bit aggressive to call it an industry in 1990. In fact, it
Joining me today on bloomberg studio 1. 0, tpg coceo jim coulter. So tpg is an investor in uber, airbnb, vice, spotify, what do all these companies have in common and what does it tell us about your strategy . Jim i think they all have in common that they are driving disruptions in their industries. If you look at tpg, we are often called a private equity firm, always for a large part been disruptors. From the beginning when we started with continental airlines, people thought we were airline investors, but that was a moment in time. We have not done much airline investing in 10 years, but since that founding 25 years ago, we have constantly specialized in finding where the economy is changing and how we can expose capital to it. Emily you and david cofounded tpg in 1993. What was it in those early days that set the stage for what tpg became . Jim we came to the industry from a different place. First of all, it is a bit aggressive to call it an industry even in 1990. In fact, it was a
Coulter. So, tpg is an investor in uber, airbnb, vice, spotify. What do all these companies have in common and what does it tell us about your strategy . Jim i think they all have in common the fact that theyre driving disruptions in their industries. In some ways, if you look at the history of tpg, while we are often called a private equity firm, from the very beginning when we started with continental airlines, people began thinking we were airline investors, but really, that was a moment in time. We have not done much airline investing in 10 years, but since that founding 25 years ago, we have constantly specialized in finding where the economy is changing and how we can expose capital to it. Emily you and David Bonderman cofounded tpg in 1992. You were both working for the texas billionaire. What was it in those early days that set the stage for what tpg became . Jim we came to the industry from a different place. First of all, its a bit aggressive to call it an industry in 1990. I
So, tpg is an investor in uber, airbnb, vice, spotify. What do all these companies have in common and what does it tell us about your strategy . Jim i think they all have in common that they are driving disruptions in their industries. In some ways, if you look at the history of tpg, while we are often called a private equity firm, from the very beginning when we started with continental airlines, people began thinking the were airline investors, but that was a moment in time. We have not done much airline investing in 10 years, but since that founding 25 years ago, we have constantly specialized in finding where the economy is changing and how we can expose capital to it. Emily you and David Bonderman cofounded tpg in 1993. You were both working for a texas billionaire. What was it in those early days that set the stage for what tpg became . Jim we came to the industry from a different place. First of all, it is a bit aggressive to call it an industry in 1990. In fact, it was a backwa
Studio 1. 0, tpg coceo jim coulter. So, tpg is an investor in uber, airbnb, vice, spotify. What do all these companies have in common and what does it tell us about your strategy . Jim i think they all have in common the fact that theyre driving disruptions in their industries. In some ways, if you look at the history of tpg, while we are often called a private equity firm, from the very beginning when we started with continental airlines, people began thinking we were airline investors, but really, that was a moment in time. We have not done much airline investing in 10 years, but since that founding 25 years ago, we have constantly specialized in finding where the economy is changing and how we can expose capital to it. Emily you and David Bonderman cofounded tpg in 1992. You were both working for the texas billionaire. What was it in those early days that set the stage for what tpg became . Jim we came to the industry from a different place. First of all, its a bit aggressive to cal