Steve Ellis

Steve Ellis is a Managing Partner with TPG Growth and The Rise Fund. TPG Growth is the $13B global growth equity platform of TPG. In 2016, Mr. Ellis was among the group of partners who led the formation of the The Rise Fund, a $2.1B global impact fund managed by TPG Growth. In addition to managing global operations for the TPG Growth platform, Mr. Ellis leads the Portfolio Management and Business Acceleration teams across funds.

Prior to joining TPG, Mr. Ellis served as CEO of Asurion, the world’s leading provider of technology protection services, with over $6B in revenue and 16,000 employees. Before joining Asurion, Mr. Ellis served as CEO of Bain & Company from 2005 to 2012. Prior to becoming CEO, he was the Managing Partner for Bain’s West Coast offices and played several key leadership roles in the global TMT and Private Equity practices. Mr. Ellis joined Bain in 1993 from a Silicon Valley technology consulting firm he co-founded in 1989.

He serves on the boards of, the Charles Schwab Corporation, Everfi, Evolution Media, DreamBox Learning, Affinity Group and The Bridgespan Group. Mr. Ellis received a BA with honors in Economics and History from the University of California at Berkeley where he was an All-American on the National Championship Rugby team. He earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he is a regular guest lecturer.