Grace Hong
Senior Advisor, TPG Global
Grace Hong has cultivated a multifaceted career across private equity, B2B enterprise software, education, healthcare, and media. She currently serves as a Senior Advisor at TPG Global, where she has been instrumental in driving strategic, operational, and technology initiatives during a period of significant transformation and growth, including the firm’s IPO and strategic acquisitions. With a track record of driving transformational change and fostering innovation, Grace has built a career leading strategy, product development, and business operations across a variety of settings from Fortune 500 companies to startups and nonprofit organizations. She also currently has an Executive Coaching practice, where she helps develop and support leaders across a wide range of industries.
Grace recently co-founded Parasol Music, an artist-led music label and creative sync agency. Parasol Music is dedicated to creating authentic and impactful music for visual media, including film, TV, gaming, and advertisements. As a music artist and producer herself, she is committed to supporting creatives and amplifying underrepresented voices in the entertainment industry.
Grace‘s previous roles include multiple executive positions at Wolters Kluwer, a global software and information services company. During her tenure, she played a pivotal role in transforming the company’s portfolio, developing and launching award-winning and market-leading products and platforms, leading the go-to-market transformation for a $1B+ division, and overseeing the centralization and transformation of the company’s IT infrastructure across 300+ software business units worldwide.
Early in her career, Grace‘s passion for social impact led her to work in the social sciences, nonprofit, and international development sectors before transitioning to Wall Street, where she began her financial career at the hedge fund D. E. Shaw & Co.
Grace has previously served as Chair of the Board of Directors for OpenSecrets, where she was instrumental in leading the merger of two premier institutions focused on transparency and accountability in politics. Grace is passionate about making a positive contribution in the world and excited to champion support for music education at Save the Music.