Biography
Karl Peterson
Mr. Peterson has served on our board of directors since March 2007. He heads CapitalKP and Peterson Capital Partners, family offices with extensive public and private market investments. Mr. Peterson served as Sabre’s Chair of the Board from January 2020 to April 2022 and as Lead Director during 2017. He was formerly a Senior Partner of TPG and Managing Partner of TPG Pace Group, the firm’s effort to sponsor special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and other permanent capital solutions for companies and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He previously served as President and CEO of TPG Pace Holdings and Pace Holdings Corp. and Chairman of TPG Pace Technology, TPG Pace Solutions and TPG Beneficial Finance. After rejoining TPG in 2004, Mr. Peterson led investments for the firm in technology, media, financial services and travel sectors and oversaw TPG’s European operations from 2010 until 2017. Prior to 2004, he was a co-founder and the president and CEO of Hotwire.com. He led the business from its launch in 2000 through its sale to InterActiveCorp in 2003. Before Hotwire, Mr. Peterson was a principal at TPG in San Francisco, and from 1992 to 1995 he was a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs & Co. Mr. Peterson is currently a director of Vacasa, Inc., Playa Hotels and Resorts, and Chairman of Accel Entertainment.