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Re: DR. EVIL post# 162321

Friday, 05/12/2017 11:26:48 AM

Friday, May 12, 2017 11:26:48 AM

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Imo it would be reflected in any *public* companies financials but could just be listed as "Attorney fees"; simple example. Would be hard to find I would guess.

But let's talk TPG Capital ...

Incubated in a family office, started and headquartered in Fort Worth and San Francisco, TPG now has approximately $72 billion under management with investment and operational teams in 16 offices around the world. Having invested in more than 400 companies, TPG has built a diverse set of asset classes, including private equity, growth equity, public equity, credit, and real estate, to help our LPs achieve their investment objectives. We believe in creative capital, shared values, and partnership.


TPG Capital, L.P. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in incubation, early stage, post startup, growth capital, turnaround, joint ventures, spin outs, special situations, recapitalization, expansion capital, restructurings, buyins, buyouts, and investments in middle market distressed companies. The firm manages funds specializing in private equity, venture capital, public equity, and debt investments. It prefers to invest in all sectors focusing on technology, industrials, travel, hardware, entertainment, retail, power, natural resource and energy, consumer, branded foods, leisure products, media and communications, telecommunications, financial and business resources, ...


TPG Capital (abbrev. for Texas Pacific Group) is an American investment company, it is one of the largest private equity investment firms in the world, focused on leveraged buyouts, growth capital and leveraged recapitalization investments in distressed companies and turnaround situations. TPG also manages investment funds specializing in growth capital, venture capital, public equity, and debt investments. The firm invests in a broad range of industries including consumer/retail, media and telecommunications, industrials, technology, travel/leisure and health care.


Note the highlights in red, sound like our little SFT fits the bill?
And from their website ...

TPG has partnered with a wide range of leading technology companies such as Box, Domo, GreenSky, Infinidat, Lenovo, Sabre, SunGard, Tanium, and Zscaler. Working across the TPG Capital and TPG Growth platforms, we identify companies that offer creative solutions to new problems. Some particular areas we focus on within the technology sector include enterprise software, technology-enabled services, data services, IT and business services, and cloud-based solutions.


What's missing from the above technology industries? IT Security.

In addtion, my speculation as posted back in March, put in a different way; Why not risk $10,000,000 up front for the potential gain of $10,000,000,000 vs. the other way around?

I would rather pay for the lawsuits (which buys me a right to first refusal) and await the outcome before buying it all. Just saying ...

Get 'em while you can because once the picture unfolds there is no turning back, at least not in the beginning.

As zPaul has said many times, it's about catalysts. No one know when they will happen but don't try and guess.