Jim Coulter

Jim Coulter

Founding Partner, Executive Chair and Director

James G. (“Jim”) Coulter has been a member of our board of directors since TPG Inc.’s inception. Mr. Coulter has served as a Founding Partner of TPG since 1992, as well as serving, at various points, in roles including Executive Chair and Co-Chief Executive Officer of TPG, Managing Partner of TPG Rise Climate, Co-Managing Partner of The Rise Fund[s] and served on the TPG Holdings Committee (as well as its predecessor committee) from its inception until the IPO. He has been a controlling stockholder of TPG since its formation in 1992. Mr. Coulter has previously served on the boards of various public companies, including Continental Airlines, America West Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Seagate Technology Holdings plc, Lenovo Group Limited, Globespan, Inc and Oxford Health Plans, Inc., and various private companies, including J.Crew Group, Inc., Chino Holdings, Inc. and MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. Throughout Mr. Coulter’s career, he has served on numerous other public, private, advisory, academic and charitable boards. Mr. Coulter received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College, where he graduated summa cum laude, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar.

Vice-Chair of the Board
  • Member of the Executive Committee