Rising Star in Finance
Leader at TPG named to Business Insider's 2026 Rising Stars of Wall Street.
David Bessel ’15
— photo credit: David Bessel
David Bessel has been named one of Business Insider’s 2026 Rising Stars of Wall Street as a leader in finance. He has been at TPG for 11 years, leading their investments in OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX. Notably, Bessel worked on early business design and financial planning for TP’s investment in the OpenAI Deployment Company, an enterprise-focused business majority owned by OpenAI. Despite this investment in AI, he still advocates for caution and consideration in AI innovation. “I've tried to approach this newest cycle of AI with a degree of humility,” Bessel says.
