KKR and TPG |
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR)
KKR describes itself on its website:
KKR, one of the world's largest and most successful private equity firms, has completed buyout transactions that are among the most complex in history. The firm's investment approach, however, is fundamentally simple: KKR acquires industry-leading companies and works with management to grow and improve them and thereby create shareholder value.
Texas Pacific Group (TPG)
TPG describes itself on its website:
TPG is a leading global private investment firm with over $30 billion of capital under management. We manage a family of funds including private equity, venture capital and public equity and debt investing. Since the firm's founding in 1992, our investment philosophy has been to create value by investing in change - change created by industry trends, economic cycles or specific company circumstances. Our tradition of providing unique investment insight and value-added operating capabilities to companies undergoing change, as well as our comfort in dealing with complexity and distressed companies, differentiates us from many traditional private investment firms.
A 2002 article from the San Francisco Chronicle describing TPG is here.
David Bonderman is one of the founders of TPG. A brief biography of Bonderman from 2006 (here) lists his environmental affiliations:
Mr. Bonderman serves on the Boards of the following public companies: CoStar Group, Inc.; Gemplus International S.A.; and Ryanair Holdings, plc, of which he is Chairman. He also serves on the Boards of The Wilderness Society, the Grand Canyon Trust, the World Wildlife Fund, The University of Washington Foundation and the American Himalayan Foundation.
William K. Reilly, Senior Advisor to TPG Capital, LPA, was a former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. A brief biography of Reilly (here) mentions his environmental affiliations:
Reilly is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of the World Wildlife Fund, Co-Chair of the National Commission on Energy Policy, Chair of the Advisory Board for the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University, Chair of the Board for the Global Water Challenge and a Director of the Packard Foundation, the American Academy in Rome and the National Geographic Society.