Carlyle Group

The Carlyle Group is a Washington, D.C. based global private equity investment firm with more than $30 billion of equity capital in 2005. This large pool of money belongs to just 800 individuals from all over the world, making an average contribution of approximately $37.5 million. The firm employs more than 300 investment professionals in 14 countries with multiple offices in North America, Europe and Asia. It boasts of having on its staff, 138 MBAs, 24 JDs and 14 Ph.D/MDs from many of the world?s most prestigious universities. The firm operates four fund families, focusing on leveraged buyouts, venture capital, real estate and high-yield investments.

Politicians affiliated with Carlyle

• Alice Albright, daughter of ex-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
• James Baker III, former United States Secretary of State under George H. W. Bush, Staff member under Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, Carlyle Senior Counselor
• George H. W. Bush, former U.S. President, Senior Advisor to the Carlyle Asia Advisory Board from April 1998 to October 2003.
• George W. Bush, current U.S. President. Was appointed in 1990 to the Board of Directors of one of Carlyle's first acquisitions, an airline food business called Caterair, which Carlyle eventually sold at a loss. George left the board in 1992 to later become Governor of Texas, where he was responsible for appointing several members of the board which controlled the investment of Texas teachers' pension funds. A few years later, the board decided to invest $100m of public money in the Carlyle Group.
• Frank C. Carlucci, former United States Secretary of Defense from 1987 to 1989, chairman emeritus and currently strategic business advisor. Also, former Princeton roommate and wrestling partner of present US Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld.
• Richard Darman, former Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget under George H. W. Bush, Senior Advisor and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group
• William Kennard, former chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Carlyle's Managing Director in the Telecommunications & Media Group
• Arthur Levitt, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under President Bill Clinton, Carlyle Senior Advisor
• John Major, former British Prime Minister, Chairman, Carlyle Europe until May 2004, and other posts to the present
• Frank McKenna, Canadian ambassador (effective March 1, 2005) to the United States, former member of Carlyle's Canadian advisory board
• Mack McLarty, President of Kissinger McLarty Associates, Carlyle Senior Advisor
• Anand Panyarachun, former premier of Thailand
• Colin Powell, former United States Secretary of State
• Fidel Ramos, former president of the Philippines, Carlyle Asia Advisor Board Member until the board was disbanded in February 2004
• Park Tae Joon, former prime minister of South Korea

The Saudi Arabian relatives of Osama bin Laden (not Osama bin Laden himself) were also minor investors in Carlyle until October 2001 when the family sold its $2.02 million investment back to the firm in light of the public controversy surrounding the bin Laden family after September 11.

Related Topics:
Saudi Arabia - Osama bin Laden - September 11

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