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| 2025 | DirecTV announced MySports, a streaming bundle offering 40 live channels without requiring a satellite TV subscription. |
| 2025 | FMIC is planned to move its corporate headquarters from Scottsdale to Phoenix, Arizona. |
| February 2025 | SolarWinds announced it would be acquired by private equity firm Turn/River Capital for $4.4 billion, with approval from majority shareholders Thoma Bravo and Silver Lake. |
| December 12 2024 | The Seattle Kraken added a 'Bondo' (Bonderman's nickname) patch to its jerseys and a matching sticker to its helmets in tribute to his memory. |
| December 11 2024 | David Bonderman passed away, concluding his career as a prominent businessman and investor. |
| December 11 2024 | Died in Los Angeles at the age of 82. |
| December 2 2024 | CEO Daniel Alegre announced a major restructuring plan, including laying off 5-9% of the workforce to reposition the company for 2025 and beyond. |
| September 30 2024 | AT&T announced it would sell its remaining 70% stake in DirecTV to TPG Inc. for $7.6 billion, expected to close in the second quarter of 2025. |
| September 30 2024 | TPG Angelo Gordon and co-investors, along with DirecTV, provided $2.5 billion of financing to fully refinance DISH DBS' November 2024 debt maturity. |
| September 30 2024 | AT&T announced selling its remaining 70% stake in DirecTV to TPG. |
| August 2024 | Univision adds two new affiliates: WHMB-TV in Indianapolis and WHME-TV in South Bend, Indiana. |
| March 2024 | TPG created a mega Asian buyout fund worth W6.7 trillion, closing its eighth Asian buyout fund worth W5 billion, with plans to inject 10 percent into the Korean market. |
| 2023 | SlashGear writer Luke Mitchell noted Fender amplifiers as defining the sound of blues, rock, and country music, recognizing their global musical significance. |
| 2023 | Guitar World journalist Daryl Robertson highlighted Fender's significant impact on music history, emphasizing Leo Fender's transformative influence on guitar, amplifier, and bass manufacturing. |
| November 9 2023 | Univision airs an exclusive hourlong interview with Donald Trump, leading to controversy, cancellation of Biden campaign ads, and the departure of news anchor León Krauze. |
| November 7 2023 | TelevisaUnivision executives meet with former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. |
| September 27 2023 | TelevisaUnivision partnered with the Republican National Committee to host the second Republican presidential primary debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. |
| July 2023 | TPG, together with Francisco Partners, agreed to acquire web tracking and analytics firm New Relic in an all-cash deal valued at $6.5 billion. |
| June 2023 | Fender announced a partnership with Kevin Shields of the band My Bloody Valentine. |
| May 2023 | Reported to be in a relationship with Christa Campbell in May. |
| May 2023 | TPG agreed to acquire alternative investment firm Angelo Gordon in a cash and stock deal valued at $2.7 billion. |
| February 2023 | Reported to be in a relationship with Christa Campbell in February. |
| November 2022 | SolarWinds settled the class action lawsuit for $26 million and was notified by the SEC of potential enforcement action. |
| April 2022 | TPG purchased a majority stake in Sodali & Co, a New York-based proxy firm. |
| April 2022 | TPG Rise Climate fund announced its final close with $7.3 billion in total commitments. |
| March 2022 | A judge ruled that the class action lawsuit against SolarWinds could proceed, rejecting the company's attempt to have the case dismissed. |
| February 2022 | TelevisaUnivision announced the relaunch of ViX as a streaming platform with ad-supported and subscription tiers. |
| January 31 2022 | The TelevisaUnivision merger transaction was completed. |
| January 13 2022 | TPG went public on the Nasdaq stock exchange with an IPO at a $9 billion valuation. |
| 2021 | Univision discontinues WOLE-DT as a satellite station, with the Liberman Media Group taking ownership. |
| November 2021 | Fender acquired PreSonus Audio Electronics, a Louisiana-based manufacturer of professional audio equipment and software. |
| November 2021 | Univision reacquires local stations in Tampa, Orlando, and Washington, D.C. from affiliate operator Entravision. |
| November 2021 | Microsoft issued an alert about Nobelium targeting cloud service providers, managed service providers, and other IT service providers, following the previous year's supply chain attack. |
| August 2 2021 | AT&T completed the sale of a 30% stake in DirecTV to TPG Inc., creating a new standalone company. |
| August 2 2021 | DirecTV spin-off deal with TPG Capital was closed. |
| July 2021 | TPG announced raising $5.4 billion in a first close for its inaugural TPG Rise Climate fund, focusing on commercially viable climate technologies. |
| July 2021 | SolarWinds separated its managed service provider (MSP) business, creating a new separately-traded public company called N-able. |
| May 2021 | Jon Winkelried was named the sole CEO of TPG in May. |
| April 13 2021 | Televisa announced the sale of their media, content, and production assets to Univision, forming TelevisaUnivision. |
| March 1 2021 | SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna blamed a company intern for using an insecure password on their update server, though security experts discount this as the primary cause of the breach. |
| February 2021 | SEC charged James Velissaris in a fraudulent scheme involving the Infinity Q Diversified Alpha mutual fund, with Bonderman's family investment interests noted as passive investors. |
| February 2021 | Microsoft President Brad Smith declares the SolarWinds cyber attack as 'the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen'. |
| February 25 2021 | AT&T announced spinning off DirecTV, U-verse, and AT&T TV, selling a 30% stake to TPG Capital while retaining 70%. |
| January 2021 | A class action lawsuit was filed against SolarWinds regarding security failures and subsequent stock price decline. |
| January 14 2021 | CRN.com reported that the cyber attack could cost insurance firms at least $90 million. |
| January 8 2021 | SolarWinds hired former CISA director Chris Krebs to help the company address the recent cyber attack. |
| January 4 2021 | Sudhakar Ramakrishna, formerly CEO of Pulse Secure, became the new CEO of SolarWinds. |
| 2020 | TPG joined Diligent Corporation's Modern Leadership Initiative, pledging to create five new board roles for racially diverse candidates in its portfolio companies. |
| 2020 | SolarWinds experienced a significant supply chain attack by the advanced persistent threat actor Nobelium (also known as APT29 or Cozy Bear), which compromised multiple organizations through their software supply chain. |
| 2020 | Univision divests WLII-DT and WSUR-DT in Puerto Rico, transferring ownership to the Liberman Media Group. |
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