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Co-Founder and Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
David M. Rubenstein is a co-founder and managing director of The Carlyle Group, which is one of the world’s largest private equity firms, managing more than $85 billion through sixty private equity funds from twenty nine offices in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Prior to co-founding Carlyle in 1987, Mr. Rubenstein practiced law in New York, with the firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkin, Wharton & Garrison; served as deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy in the Cater Administration; and practiced law in Washington, D.C., with the firm Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge. Mr. Rubenstein is a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, a member of the Board of Trustees of Johns Hopkins University, Duke University, University of Chicago, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Johns Hopkins Medicine and is a member of the Business Council and the Trilateral Commission. He is based in Washington, D.C.
March 10, 2009
Transcript
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke discusses the financial crisis and presents a strategy to holistically reform and regulate America's financial system.
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March 10, 2009
Audio
Listen to Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, outline his thoughts on reforming the regulatory system in light of the global financial crisis.
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March 10, 2009
Video
Watch Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, outline his thoughts on reforming the regulatory system in light of the global financial crisis.
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October 10, 2008
Interview
David Rubenstein, founder of the private equity firm the Carlyle Group, sees more pain ahead for global markets. He says the "entire economic construct" of recent decades may have to undergo radical change before the present crisis subsides.
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April 18, 2007
Audio
Listen to Carlos Ghosn, president and CEO of Nissan Motor Company and Renault, discuss how the model of international business alliances can be successfully applied to dealing with broader global issues.
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April 18, 2007
Transcript
President and CEO Carlos Ghosn shares his thoughts on how business models could translate into international political alliances to tackle some of the world’s most serious problems.
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