This week, we speak with David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group, which manages over $426 billion is private equity, credit and venture funds.
Prior to forming the firm in 1987, David practiced law and served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, as well as Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments. He hosts a handful of shows and podcasts, including PBS’s History with David Rubenstein, Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein, and Peer-to-Peer Conversations on Bloomberg TV. He has also written numerous best-selling books –his new book published this week is “The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency.”
His most recent venture, supporting his hometown as the Chairman, CEO, and principal owner of Major League Baseball’s Baltimore Orioles.
He currently serves as Chairman of the Board at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Economic Club of Washington, and the University of Chicago among others. His philanthropic endeavors stretch across a number of institutions including the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Brookings Institution, and the National Constitution Center.
A list of his favorite books is here; A transcript of our conversation is available here Tuesday.
You can stream and download our full conversation, including any podcast extras, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and Bloomberg. All of our earlier podcasts on your favorite pod hosts can be found here.
Be sure to check out our Masters in Business next week with Victor Khosla, Founder and CIO of Strategic Value Partners. The firm manages $19 billion in client assets across a range of global private credit, distressed debt, hard assets (RE, infrastructure, planes, power plants) and event-driven opportunities. He established the proprietary trading desks at both Citi and Merrill Lynch, served as President of Cerberus Capital, and ran MooreSVP, a joint venture with Moore Capital.
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