Jon Winkelried

Jon Winkelried (born c. 1959) is an American financial executive. He is currently the CEO of TPG. Previously, he served as the co-president of Goldman Sachs from 2006 to February 2009. He is known for suddenly retiring at the peak of his career at age 49 from Goldman Sachs.

Early life and education Winkelried grew up in Millburn, New Jersey, the son of a Jewish father, Irwin, who managed local parking garages, and a mother who was a schoolteacher. He attended the University of Chicago where he earned both an undergraduate degree and an MBA and played baseball.

Career Winkelried worked as an intern in the equities trading department at Goldman Sachs in the summer prior to graduating in 1982. He later accepted a permanent job at Goldman in the investment banking department in the Utilities Group. In 1984, he moved to the trading floor and soon was heading up the bond syndication business. In 1990, he became a partner. From there, he moved to London to turn around the European side of Goldman's fixed-income, currency, and commodities division (known as FICC). He was made co-head of FICC with Lloyd Blankfein. FICC was returned to solid profitability.

In 2023, Winkelried's total compensation from TPG was $198.7 million, up 487% from the previous year and representing a CEO-to-median worker pay ratio of 683-to-1 for the company, as well as making Winkelried the highest paid CEO in the US that year.

Personal life Winkelried has been married to Abby Lipsey, a preschool teacher, since 1986. They have three children: Matt, Jen, and J. and the Board of Overseers of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.