John Marren

John W. Marren joined TPG Capital in 2000 as a Partner and leads TPG's technology team.John Marren is currently the Chairman of the Board of MEMC Electronic Materials and serves on the board of directors of Aptina, Avaya, Freescale, and SunGard.From 1996 through 2000, John Marren was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, most recently as co-head of the Technology Investment Banking Group. From 1992 to1996, he was a Managing Director and Senior Semiconductor Research Analyst at Alex Brown & Sons.While at Morgan Stanley and Alex Brown & Sons, John Marren was a frequent member of the Institutional Investor All-American Research Team which recognizes the top research analysts on Wall Street.Prior to Alex Brown, John Marren spent eight years in the semiconductor industry working for VLSI Technology and Vitesse Semiconductor.John Marren received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California in Santa Barbara.