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emily: jim coulter, cofounder and ceo of tpg, it has been great to have you. so much. ♪ ♪ emily: i'm emily chang. this is the best of "bloomberg technology." where we bring you all of our top interviews from this week in tech. coming up, a big week for uber as a company losses rise in the third quarter, and softbank seeks shares at a discount. and our exclusive interview with ceo meg whitman. we cover a wide range of topics , including her political ambitions. ngm's self driving car -- and g.m.'s self driving car. our test drive in the chevy volt and my c

emily: jim coulter, cofounder and ceo of tpg, it has been great to have you. nks so much. ♪ ♪ emily: he is one of the most well-known tech titans of china. kai-fu lee got his start at apple, then moved on to microsoft, then sparked a lawsuit when he left to run google in china. that was before the search engine left the country. facebook and twitter were blocked by the government, and a thriving chinese tech scene sprang up in the void. running a billion-dollar fund to invest in the next generation. joining me today on "bloomberg studio 1.0," sinovation ventures ceo kai-fu lee. you came to the u.s. in 1973. you were 12 years old and moved tn

joining me today on bloomberg studio 1.0, tpg co-ceo jim coulter.o tpg is an investor in uber, airbnb, vice, spotify, what do all these companies have in common and what does it tell us about your strategy? jim: i think they all have in common that they are driving disruptions in their industries. if you look at tpg, we are often called a private equity firm, always for a large part been disruptors. from the beginning when we started with continental airlines, people thought we were airline investors, but that was a moment in time. we have not done much airline investing in 10 years, but since that founding 25 years ago, we have constantly specialized in finding where the economy is changing and how we can expose capital to it. emily: you and david cofounded tpg in 1993. what was it in those early days that set the stage for what tpg became? jim: we came to the industry from a different place. first of all, it is a bit aggressive to call it an industry even in 1990. in fact, it was a backwater piece of the investment world. but in those early days,

emily: jim coulter, cofounder and co-ceo of tpg, it has been great to have you. emily. ♪ >> from new york city, i am jonathan ferro with 30 minutes dedicated to fixed income. this is bloomberg "real yield." ♪ jonathan: no real change of the fed, why the new boss sounds like the old boss. the prospect of tax cuts. and a wall of demand meets a flow of supply. $46 billion in orders. we begin with a big issue, why the new boss sounds like the old one. >> the labor market and economy are not significantly ov

joining me today on bloomberg studio 1.0, tpg co-ceo jim coulter.n investor in uber, airbnb, vice, spotify, what do all these companies have in common and what does it tell us about your strategy? jim: i think they all have in common that they are driving disruptions in their industries. if you look at tpg, we are often called a private equity firm, from the beginning when we started with continental airlines. people thought we were airline investors, but that was a moment in time. we have not done much airline investing in 10 years, but since that founding 25 years ago, we have constantly specialized in finding where the economy is changing and how we can expose capital to it. emily: you and david cofounded tpg in 1993. what was it in those early days that set the stage for what tpg became? jim: we came to the industry from a different place. first of all, it is a bit aggressive to call it an industry and 1990. in fact, it was a backwater piece of the investment world. but in those early days, there were a couple of small funds, kkr literally manag

jim coulter, along with david bonderman, got their start by investing in a bankrupt continental airlines tpg has its hands in everything from j.crew to movie studios. health care in china and cell towers in southeast asia. and two of the most prominent tech unicorns -- uber and airbnb. as these companies take longer to go public, tpg's investment strategy is undergoing a new evolution in the era of private markets. joining me today on bloomberg

jim coulter along with david bonderman got their start by investing in a bankrupt continental airlinesm j.crew to movie studios. healthcare in china and cell towers in southeast asia. and two of the most prominent tech unicorns, uber and airbnb. as these companies take longer to go publ

jim coulter, along with david bonderman, got their start by investing in a bankrupt continental airlines has its hands in everything from j.crew to movie studios. health care in china, and cell towers in southeast asia -- and two of the most prominent tech unicorns, uber and airbnb. as these companies take longer to go public, tpg's investment strategy is undergoing a new evolution in the era of private markets. join