David Bonderman co-founded private-equity firm TPG in 1993. Before David Bonderman became an investor, he had never taken an accounting class but had already argued in front of the Supreme Court, hitchhiked across Africa and become fluent in Arabic.

Private equity billionaire David Bonderman, who co-founded the asset management firm TPG and was the co-owner of the NHL's Seattle Kraken, died Wednesday at the age of 82.

David Bonderman, the media-shy billionaire who co-founded the $239 billion alternative asset management giant TPG , has died at the age of 82.