James Coulter

The American Investment Manager, James Coulter is co-founder of private equity firm TPG Capital, originally known as the Texas Pacific Group. In 1992, Coulter co-founded the Fort Worth and San Francisco-based private equity firm along with David Bonderman. The firm is one of the largest globally with approximately $50 billion of assets under management. 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, Ducati Motor Holding, Gemplus International, MEMC, ON Semiconductor, Oxford Health Plans, Petco and Seagate Technology.  He is ranked at 683 and his net worth is estimated around $1.9 billion.