A New Driver Revs Up Ducati

摘要

How about this for a dream job? You rescue a famous brand from oblivion, make a pile when it goes public-and then get to roar off to work on a motorcycle so cool that many consider it a potent form of testosterone replacement therapy. That's exactly the opportunity David Bonderman and his fellow venture capitalists at the Texas Pacific Group created for themselves after they took control of failing Italian motorcycle legend Ducati in September 1996.