Primary Job Title Managing Partner Primary Organization 
Transformative Energy and Materials Capital (TEM Capital)
Gender Male
John G. Sylvia is a Managing Partner and head of the TEM Capital Deal Team Worldwide. Mr. Sylvia is based in San Francisco.
Prior to joining TEM Capital Mr. Sylvia joined the Texas Pacific Group (“TPG”) in 1997 and in 1998 co-founded one of TPG’s sponsored private equity vehicles, Aqua International Partners (“Aqua”), which in aggregate
approximated $500mm in commitments. In 2008, TPG formed a new $1.3 billion growth-investing platform, joining Aqua with its other sponsored funds under the TPG Growth umbrella to broaden organizational integration and geographic coverage.
Mr. Sylvia joined CalEnergy in 1988 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in addition to being one of the early key executives that transformed the Company into a leading, public, global independent energy development and electricity company with facilities and operations in Asia, the US and Europe. During Mr. Sylvia’s tenure, the Company’s market capitalization grew from $200mm at IPO to over $2 billion in 1997. Mr. Sylvia also served as a director and officer of Northern Electric plc, Magma Power Co., CE Indonesia Ltd., and CE Philippines Ltd. With completion of the Company’s international expansion plan, Mr. Sylvia concentrated on the integration of global business units – the success of which led to the eventual acquisition of the Company by a unit of Berkshire Hathaway.
Mr. Sylvia also served as an Adjunct Professor of Applied Economics and Finance at the University of San Francisco from 1985-1990.
