| David M. Rubenstein | |
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 David M. Rubenstein, during the session 'Myths and Realities of Private Equity' at the Annual Meeting 2008 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 26, 2008. |
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| Born | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Occupation | Managing Director of the Carlyle Group |
| Net worth | $2.7 billion[1] |
David Rubenstein is the co-founder of The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm. In the 2008 Forbes 400 ranking of the wealthiest Americans, Rubenstein was ranked 155th with a net worth of $2.7 billion.[1]
Rubenstein grew up in Baltimore, and graduated from the Baltimore City College and then from Duke University magna cum laude in 1970. He earned his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1973. From 1973-75, Rubenstein practiced law in New York with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Prior to starting Carlyle in 1987, with William E. Conway, Jr. and Daniel A. D'Aniello, Rubenstein was a domestic policy advisor to President Jimmy Carter and worked in private practice in Washington, D.C.
He lives in Bethesda, Maryland and is married to Alice Rogoff Rubenstein, founder of the Alaska House New York and the Alaska Native Arts Foundation.
Rubenstein is also active in philanthropy, and has made large gifts to Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy, the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and Johns Hopkins University. He is a trustee of Duke University, where Rubenstein Hall is named in his honor.[2]
He was elected to the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago on May 31, 2007.[3]
On December 18, 2007, David Rubenstein purchased the last privately owned copy of the Magna Carta at Sotheby's auction house in New York for $21.3 million.[4]. He has lent it to the National Archives in Washington D.C.[5]
Quotes
- "When history is written and people talk about the great protests, I don't think that this will be in that category."[6] --Comparing what in his view were the great civil disobedience efforts of Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King to the protests by the Working Families Party concerning the tax treatment of private equity firms.
- “I analogize it to sex...You realize there were certain things you shouldn’t do, but the urge is there and you can’t resist.”[7] --speaking at Harvard Business School about the buyout bubble.
References
- ^ a b "#155 David Rubenstein". Forbes.com. 2007-09-20. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/54/400list08_David-Rubenstein_SQMN.html. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
- ^ Duke trustee donates $5.75 million for public policy school
- ^ http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/si_rubenstein_regent.htm
- ^ "Magna Carta Bought". Times of London. 2007-12-19. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3070798.ece. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ Mike Nizza (4 March 2008). "Magna Carta Returns to National Archives". http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/magna-carta-returns-to-national-archives/. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ "Carlyle's Rubenstein the subject of tax protest". Reuters.com. 2007-09-19. http://www.reuters.com/article/mergersNews/idUSN1928853320070919. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ^ "David Rubenstein: Buyout Bubble Was Like Sex". wsj.com. http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2009/02/02/david-rubenstein-buyout-bubble-was-like-sex/. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: David Rubenstein |
- Carlyle biography of David Rubenstein
- U Chicago Chronicle article
- David Rubenstein Biography on the World Business Forum where Rubenstein is a featured speaker for the 2009 event
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