The Carlyle Group
| The Carlyle Group is one of the world's largest private equity firms, with 236 billion in assets, founded in 1987 by David Rubenstein, Daniel D'Aniello, William Conway Jr. It is a member of the Business Roundtable, funded by the Mellon family. |  |
Affiliates
- Adena Friedman (CEO of Nasadq Inc from
2017)
- Daniel D'Aniello (PepsiCo, Marriott Corporation, American
Enterprise Institute)
- David Rubenstein (Phi
Beta Kappa, CFR,
Smithsonian, The Economic Club of
Washington, Alfalfa Club, The Giving Pledge, Brookings, WEF)
- Frank Carlucci (Knight of Malta,
Office of Economic Opportunity during Lyndon
Johnson's War on Poverty)
- George HW Bush (S&B,
Alfalfa Club)
- Glenn Youngkin (CFR)
- Greg Rosenbaum (Clinton Foundation, Center
for American Progress)
- Jay Powell (jesuit, Federal Reserve),
- Joaquin Avila (jesuit, Banco Santander)
- Jonathan Colby (BlackStone Group, William Colby CIA)
- John Major (pm of UK)
- Lou Gerstner (Dartmouth, IBM)
- Norman Pearsltine (CFR,
company with Barry Diller)
- Olivier Sarkozy (brother of pm France, Olsen twins)
- Randy Quarles (Federal Reserve, Mormon Church)
- Richard Burt (CFR,
AB, private intelligence firm
Diligence, shareholder Nathaniel Rothschild
and Edward Mathias, worked for Kissinger's
consulting firm, advisor for Rand Paul)
- Robert Bakish (Booz Allen)
- Stephen Orlins (committee US-China)
- William Conway (Dartmouth)
- William Kennard (Hollywood
High School, US ambassador to European
Union, AT&T, Ford, The
NY Times)
The Carlyle Group has become a conspiracy cliché. Michael Moore used The Carlyle Group in his film Fahrenheit 911. Dan Brody wrote The Iron Triangle Inside the Carlyle Group (with all seeing eye).