More importantly, Burns and TPG helped clean up Chobani's operational mess, returning its profit margins to the black.
Two firms that have been hurt by China's changing consumer landscape are TPG Inc.
Representatives of Ziff Brothers, Jana, TPG-Axon, Jennison, UBS and Deutsche Bank declined to comment.
The company also got venture capital from such groups as BV Capital and TPG Ventures.
Back when it made the deal, TPG made sure it would benefit from an anti-dilutive clause.
At three private equity shops, Apollo Global, TPG Capital and Leonard Green, are in talks.
William K. Reilly is a Senior Advisor to TPG, LP, a position he has held since 2008.
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But there is a limit to how much TPG's global private-equity fund will commit to real estate.
In May, TPG bought a 43% stake in the office-focused real-estate investment trust Parkway Properties Inc.
Primedia, which was acquired buy TPG Capital in 2011, operates ApartmentGuide.com, Rentals.com and RentalHouses.com.
Daphne shares are more than 90% higher than where they were when TPG bought in in May 2009.
Interestingly, the shareholder activism and attendant publicity of TPG-Axon has not done much to the Sandridge share price.
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Both TPG-Axon and Southeastern Asset Management are doing fine jobs spreading their messages of management abandoning their shareholder responsibility.
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TPG's network and also allows, but does not mandate, discounts for large-volume customers.
Sabre is the largest GDS and includes the website Travelocity, is owned by private equity companies Silver Lake and TPG.
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Now both Apax and TPG are considering buying a stake in Sawiris' firm, the Wall Street Journal reported in October.
Analysts have criticised Republic's fast-paced expansion over recent years, saying that TPG should have instead concentrated on boosting its profitability.
Are investors discouraged and think that TPG-Axon has little chance to prevail and unseat current directors with their own slate?
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But also because Grohe is owned by two private equity firms, TPG (Texas Pacific Group) and CSFB (Credit Suisse First Boston).
According to Anusha Couttigane, TPG had been trying to sell off some stores and persuade landlords to agree to lower rents.
Ulukaya called in Ken Burns, an executive at TPG Capital, and interrupted Burns' Easter mass to push forward a deal for a cash injection.
TPG, two of the biggest sponsors of leveraged buy-outs, both have distressed-debt funds, and Blackstone has expanded its already big restructuring unit.
The story adds that the deal could be accompanied by an investment in the core Yahoo business from Silver Lake or TPG.
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TPG-Axon is one of the largest shareholders with 6.7% and combined with Mount Kellett Capital Management they control over 11% of shares outstanding.
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Semler was infuriated further when he learned that TPG and Apax bought out Q-Telecom, Greece's fourth-largest cell carrier, for 14.3 times annualized trailing earnings.
The story says that Blackstone Group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and TPG Capital would like to carve up the company and sell some of the pieces.
Maybe that analyst needs to go back and talk to TPG about what they actually think Inmarsat would be worth before playing with his calculator?
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The other big investor with TPG's real-estate program is Ivanhoe Cambridge, the property investor for Canadian pension manager Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec.
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SandRidge laughably claims the TPG-Axon director slate lacks requisite energy experience.
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