‘Aggressive and clever’: Inside Joel Thickins’ TPG

At 45, the pickleball-loving, Colorado-born TPG Asia boss is on the cusp of taking the private equity empire into the big time. Even if there are some setbacks.

Jemima Whyte and Sarah Thompson

Dec 11, 2023 – 5.00am

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oel Thickins was on the warpath. The $4 billion sale of Greencross had fallen over, and the managing partner of TPG Asia knew exactly who was to blame – the investment banks, namely Macquarie, who baulked at underwriting the financing that the buyer of the pets business needed.

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Jemima WhyteSenior reporterJemima Whyte writes on business, specialising in companies, capital markets and innovation. Jemima has reported on business for The Australian Financial Review for more than 13 years.

Sarah ThompsonStreet Talk editorSarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.