Before David Bonderman became an investor, he had never taken an accounting class but had already argued in front of the Supreme Court, hitchhiked across Africa and become fluent in Arabic.Bonderman went on to co-found private-equity firm TPG,

A former lawyer, he cofounded the giant investment firm TPG and became known for complex deals that remade corporate America. He died on Wednesday at 82.

Bonderman, who got his start as a lawyer, also owned the Seattle Kraken NHL team. A look back at the early leveraged buyouts of tech companies that his firm TPG pursued.