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Apollo and TPG transferred Caesars casinos to bankruptcy-remote entities
“Apollo and TPG executed a series of these complex asset deals, asset transfers, financial engineering, where more money is put in the business. They buy casinos from the existing Caesars and Harris Opgo, all in an attempt, ostensibly, to Keep everybody's inves…”
Sujit Indap Aug 16, 2021 ▶ 20:45 Max Frumes and Sujeet Indap –Inside the Sausage Factory of the Caesar's Restructuring (Capital Allocators, EP.209)
Assertion Supported
Reynolds: TPG founders apologized globally and let LPs cut fund commitments
“We had to do what we called at the time a contrition tour, which was essentially David Bonderman and Jim Coulter traveling all around the world apologizing to our investors. We gave people an option to take their money out. We gave people an option to reduce t…”
Megan Reynolds Mar 31, 2025 ▶ 13:55 Meghan Reynolds – Art of Capital Formation (EP.438)
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Reynolds: TPG's WaMu deal went to zero before capital calls finished
“TPG had raised a twenty billion dollar fund that it started to deploy very quickly into mega buyout deals right before Lehman fell and the financial crisis began. The first deal in that fund was Washington Mutual. Which went to zero before the capital was call…”
Megan Reynolds Mar 31, 2025 ▶ 10:49 Meghan Reynolds – Art of Capital Formation (EP.438)
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Stavros: Top PE firms each control up to one million employees
“Or in a more concentrated way, could you convince Blackstone, Carlyle, TPG, Apollo, Aries, Warburg, Pincus, Bain, a handful of companies which each control half a million, million employees.”
Pete Stavros Sep 15, 2022 ▶ 44:46 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Private Equity Deals Podcast
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Apollo and TPG funded 80% of Harrah's $30 billion buyout with debt
“They put together a deal to buy Cesar O'Hara's for almost thirty billion dollars, putting just six billion dollars down to it. So basically, 80% of the purchase price is funded with debt”
Sujit Indap Aug 16, 2021 ▶ 14:35 Max Frumes and Sujeet Indap –Inside the Sausage Factory of the Caesar's Restructuring (Capital Allocators, EP.209)
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