David Bonderman

Nobody in my generation ever started out in private equity. We got there by accident. There was no private equity business -…

— David Bonderman

Some of the very best private equity people, in my experience, are people who start out as stock pickers - people who…

— David Bonderman

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

— David Bonderman

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

— David Bonderman

The private equity world is a relatively small one. There are currently probably a few thousand professional jobs worldwide. In private equity,…

— David Bonderman

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

— David Bonderman

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

— David Bonderman

For me, one of the highlights of being in the private equity world is that you need to learn a lot and…

— David Bonderman

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

Private equity capital in each of those markets Europe and Asia - while those markets have very different characteristics - fills a…

— David Bonderman

Being a good private equity investor is more complicated than it seems. I would say that there are a few characteristics that…

— David Bonderman

I think that what we leave behind us is extremely important. I therefore spend a fair amount of time on the charitable…

— David Bonderman

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