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… — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
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,… — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
Nobody in my generation ever started out in private equity. We got there by accident. There was no private equity business - actually, the… — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
Some of the very best private equity people, in my experience, are people who start out as stock pickers - people who really understood… — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
A good default, like Portugal or Greece, would be very good for the private equity business. — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
Every deal is a regulated deal. Regulators will tell you how to take your money home. — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
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… — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
When governments are selling, you should be buying. And when governments are defaulting, we should look at that as an opportunity. — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
For me, one of the highlights of being in the private equity world is that you need to learn a lot and very quickly… — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Private equity capital in each of those markets Europe and Asia - while those markets have very different characteristics - fills a niche where… — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
Being a good private equity investor is more complicated than it seems. I would say that there are a few characteristics that are important.… — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
I think that what we leave behind us is extremely important. I therefore spend a fair amount of time on the charitable front, and… — David Bonderman Copy Share Image
