Bill McGlashan of Mill Valley
Bill McGlashan, founder of TPG Growth, a prominent San Francisco private equity firm with investments in Airbnb, Uber and other companies, is a well-known proponent of ethical investing in Silicon Valley. He helped form The Rise Fund, which makes investments in social impact initiatives like wildlife protection in Botswana and rural microfinance systems in China.
Court papers allege McGlashan worked with Singer to fake the ACT results for his son — who cell phone records showed was in Marin County at the time he was supposedly taking the test in Los Angeles, according to the complaint. The boy received a score of 34 out of a possible 36, which he submitted last year in an application to Northeastern University in Boston.
McGlashan was allegedly caught in a recorded conversation discussing a similar scheme for his younger two children.
“Here’s the only question, does he know? Is there a way to do it in a way that he doesn’t know that happened?” McGlashan asked about his son. “Oh yeah,” Singer responded.
The two discussed using Photoshop to make a fake profile for his son as a football player in order to help him get into USC or Stanford.
“I’m gonna make him a kicker,” Singer said. “He does have really strong legs,” McGlashan responded, laughing. “Maybe he’ll become a kicker. You never know.”
