Experience

Christopher M. Temple

Founder and President

Mr. Temple has been an active private equity investor and alternative asset manager since 1995. Prior to forming DelTex in 2010, he was President of Vulcan Capital, the private investment arm of Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen's family office. At Vulcan, Mr. Temple was responsible for a team of 17 investment professionals managing a $5+ billion portfolio of alternative assets including public and private equity as well as venture capital. Prior to Vulcan, Mr. Temple was a senior investment professional at middle market buyout firms Tailwind Capital, Friend Skoler & Company, and Thayer Capital Partners.

DelTex Capital led the recapitalization of Midland, Texas based West Texas Plastics, Inc. (WTP) in September of 2012 in partnership with Tailwind Capital, Triangle Peak Capital and CEO Rick Gasser. WTP is a value added distributor of customized, engineered plastics used in the production of oil and gas in the Permian Basin with specific applications in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. In December of 2012, WTP acquired a controlling interest in Western Industries, a Montana based company providing similar services to the Bakken and Midcontinent regions. Mr. Temple currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Texas Plastics Holdco, LLC, WTP's parent company.

In addition to direct investing activity, Mr. Temple currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the General Partner of Plains All American Pipeline, LP (NYSE: PAA) and Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO). Mr. Temple was previously a member of the Board of Charter Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHTR) where he was instrumental in implementing the company's $9 billion debt restructuring and Chapter 11 reorganization on behalf of Vulcan.

Mr. Temple began his career in public accounting with KPMG in Houston, Texas where he earned a CPA designation. He received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1995 and a BBA, Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989.