| James Coulter | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1959/1960 (age 51–52)[1] |
| Residence | San Francisco, California |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | Dartmouth College Stanford Graduate School of Business |
| Occupation | Private equity investor |
| Employer | TPG Capital (formerly Texas Pacific Group) |
| Known for | co-founder of Texas Pacific Group |
| Net worth | US $ 1.5 billion (est.) (February 2010)[1] |
| Spouse | Married, 3 children |
James Coulter is an American investment manager, and co-founder of private equity firm TPG Capital, originally known as the Texas Pacific Group.
Coulter is a graduate of Shawnee High School in Medford, New Jersey. He graduated summa cum laude graduate from Dartmouth College, where he was also Alpha Chi Alpha. He subsequently received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1986, where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar.
In 1992, Coulter co-founded the Fort Worth and San Francisco-based private equity firm along with David Bonderman.[2] The firm is one of the largest globally with approximately $50 billion of assets under management.[3] 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,[4] Ducati Motor Holding, Gemplus International, MEMC, ON Semiconductor, Oxford Health Plans,[5][6] Petco[7][8] and Seagate Technology.