David Rubenstein
David Mark Rubenstein (born August 11, 1949) is an American lawyer, businessman, and philanthropist. A former government official,[2] he is a co-founder and co-chairman of the private equity firm The Carlyle Group,[3][4] a global private equity investment company based in Washington, D.C.
David Rubenstein | |
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Born | [1] | August 11, 1949
Education | Duke University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Occupations |
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Title | Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group President of the Alfalfa Club |
Board member of |
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Spouse | Alice Rogoff (1983–2017) |
Children | 3 |
Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations | |
Assumed office July 1, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Carla Hills Robert Rubin |
Website | www.davidrubenstein.com |
Rubenstein is the chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Gallery of Art, the Council on Foreign Relations, and The Economic Club of Washington, D.C. He is the former chairman of the Duke University Board of Trustees and the Smithsonian Institution. In 2022, he became chair of the University of Chicago's Board of Trustees.[5] According to Forbes, Rubenstein has a net worth of US$3.2 billion as of December 2022.[6]
Early life and education
Rubenstein grew up as an only child in a modest Jewish family in Baltimore. His father was employed by the United States Postal Service and his mother was a homemaker.[7][8] He graduated from the college preparatory high school Baltimore City College, an all-male school at the time. He then attended Duke University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1970.[9] He earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1973, where he was an editor of the University of Chicago Law Review.[3][10]
Business career
Early law career
From 1973 to 1975, Rubenstein practiced law in New York with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. From 1975 to 1976, he served as chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments. Rubenstein also served as a deputy domestic policy advisor to President Jimmy Carter and worked in private practice in Washington, D.C.[11]
The Carlyle Group
In 1987, Rubenstein founded The Carlyle Group with William E. Conway Jr. and Daniel A. D'Aniello. The firm has grown into a global investment firm with $293 billion of assets under management,[12] with more than 1,800 employees in 31 offices on six continents.[12]
According to A Pursuit of Wealth by Sicelo P. Nkambule, David Rubenstein expressed fear that the private equity boom would end in January 2006: "This has been a golden age for our industry, but nothing continues to be golden forever". One month later, he said: "Right now we're operating as if the music's not going to stop playing and the music is going to stop. I am more concerned about this than any other issue". According to Nkambule: "These concerns proved to be right as at the end of 2007 the buyout market collapsed...As leveraged loan activity came to an abrupt stop, private equity firms were unable to secure financing for their transactions."[13]
In May 2008, Rubenstein said: "But once this period is over, once the debt on the books of the banks is sold and new lending starts, I think you'll see the private equity industry coming back in what I call the Platinum Age – better than it's ever been before. I do think that the private equity industry has a great future and that the greatest period for private equity is probably ahead of us."[14]
Rubenstein has said that he was once offered the opportunity to meet Mark Zuckerberg (and invest in Facebook) before he dropped out of Harvard but decided against it, and this is his single greatest investment regret.[15] Rubenstein also said that he turned down a 20% stake in Amazon during the very early years of the company. He told Amazon founder Jeff Bezos that if he got lucky and everything worked out he would at most be worth $300 million.[16]
In 2018, he formed Declaration Capital, a family office focused on venture, growth, real estate, and family-owned businesses.[17][18]
Mobile home parks controversy
Rubenstein was publicly criticized for the work of The Carlyle Group of which he is the chairman, which owns a number of mobile home parks and has been pushing poor people out of their mobile homes by hiking up the rental price.[19] In an episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver pointed out that manufactured homes are not easy or cheap to relocate, and so poor residents on fixed incomes face eviction and homelessness as rent increases threaten to price them out of their mobile home parks.[20]
Publishing
In October 2019, Rubenstein's first book was published.[21] Called The American Story: Interviews with Master Historians (Simon & Schuster), the book features interviews with historians talking about their areas of historical expertise. Among others, Rubenstein interviews David McCullough on John Adams, Jon Meachem on Thomas Jefferson, Ron Chernow on Alexander Hamilton, and Walter Isaacson on Benjamin Franklin.
His second book, How to Lead, was published by Simon & Schuster in September 2020. This book contains Rubenstein's reflections on leadership as well as 30 interviews with business, government, military, sports and cultural leaders.[22] In September 2021, Simon and Schuster published Rubenstein's third book, The American Experiment, which describes how America's government and democratic ideals have evolved over the centuries as told through the lives of Americans who have embodied the American dream.
Television show and podcast host
Rubenstein hosts two shows on Bloomberg Television: The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations and Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein. Peer to Peer, which began airing in October 2016, also airs on many PBS stations and is available on Curiosity Stream.[23]
He also hosts History with David Rubenstein on PBS, a TV show produced by the New-York Historical Society.[24] Rubenstein also hosts the audio podcast "For the Ages", also produced by the New-York Historical Society.
Personal life
Rubenstein lives in Bethesda, Maryland, and was married to Alice Rubenstein (née Alice Nicole Rogoff), founder of the Alaska House New York and the Alaska Native Arts Foundation and former owner of Alaska Dispatch News. They met while both were working for the Carter Administration and married on May 21, 1983.[25] The couple divorced on December 8, 2017.[26]
Rubenstein and Rogoff have three adult children: Alexandra, Gabrielle, and Andrew. Gabrielle co-founded Manna Tree, a private equity firm that invests in health and nutrition companies.[27] She was also a co-chair of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign in Alaska.[28]
Philanthropy
Rubenstein was among the initial 40 individuals who have pledged to donate more than half of their wealth to philanthropic causes or charities as part of The Giving Pledge.[29]
In December 2007 Rubenstein purchased the last privately owned copy of the Magna Carta at Sotheby's auction house in New York for $21.3 million.[30] He has lent it to the National Archives in Washington, D.C.[31] In 2011, Rubenstein gave $13.5 million to the National Archives for a new gallery and visitor's center.[32] He has purchased rare so-called Stone copies of the Declaration of Independence,[33] the Emancipation Proclamation,[34] the 13th Amendment,[35] the Abel Buell map,[36] the Bay Psalm Book,[37] and the Constitution and has lent these documents to the State Department, the National Archives, the National Constitution Center, the Smithsonian and Mount Vernon.
Rubenstein was elected chairman of the board of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., starting in May 2010. He was vice chairman of the board of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York, and chairman of its fundraising drive. A new atrium was named for him.[38] He was chairman of the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution.[39]
In December 2011, Rubenstein donated $4.5 million to the National Zoo for its giant panda reproduction program.[40] The panda complex was then named the David M. Rubenstein Family Giant Panda Habitat for the next five years and conservation biologists in the U.S. and China who are awarded National Zoo fellowships for their work to save pandas would be named "David M. Rubenstein Fellows."[41] Another $4.5 million was donated in September 2015, about four weeks after a male giant panda cub was born.[42] He also donated $10 million to the National Gallery of Art in support of refurbishment and expansion of the East Building of the National Gallery, work that was completed in September 2016. Rubenstein contributed $10 million in 2021 to support digital and other operations of the Gallery. In 2021, he was named chairman of the board of trustees of the National Gallery of Art [43]
In 2012, he donated $7.5 million towards the repair of the Washington Monument, and donated another $3 million to refurbish the Monument’s elevator.[44][45]
In 2013, he donated $50 million to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which was used for a 65,000 square foot addition.[46]
In 2013, he donated $10 million towards the construction of a library at George Washington's Mount Vernon.[47]
In April 2013 and 2015, he donated a total of $20 million[48] to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which was used to rebuild at least two buildings in the enslaved community on Mulberry Row at Monticello. The funds were also used to restore Jefferson's original road scheme, restore the second and third stories of Jefferson's home which were mostly empty, and replace infrastructure.[49]
In November 2013, he bought a copy of the Bay Psalm Book for $14.1 million, the highest price ever paid for a printed book, and pledged to lend it to public collections and exhibitions around the world.[50]
In 2014, he donated $10 million to Montpelier, to support the renovation of the home of James Madison.[51]
In July 2014, he donated $12 million towards the refurbishment of Arlington House at Arlington National Cemetery.[52]
In November 2015, he donated $20 million for the New Commons Building at the Institute for Advanced Study. The building will be named Rubenstein Commons and will feature conference space, meeting rooms, a cafe, and office space.[53]
On February 15, 2016, Presidents' Day, Rubenstein presented a gift of $18.5 million to the National Park Foundation to expand educational resources, foster public access, and repair and restore the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The Park Service plans to create 15,000 square feet of visitor space in the undercroft of the memorial.[54] This gift, presented during National Park Service's centennial year, was Rubenstein's fourth gift to benefit US national parks.[55] On December 2, 2016, Rubenstein, in conjunction with the National Park Foundation, agreed to cover the cost of elevator upgrades to the Washington Monument.[56] The monument reopened on September 19, 2019.[57]
In 2016, he donated $25 million for a pancreatic cancer center at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.[58]
In October 2019, the National Park Foundation announced that David Rubenstein donated $10 million for upgrades to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. The gift funds a new and expanded museum within the memorial that was expected to be completed in time for the memorial’s 80th anniversary in 2023.[59]
In 2020, he donated $10 million to the Library of Congress for the refurbishment of its Jefferson Building.[60]
Duke University
Rubenstein has donated over $100 million to Duke University and served as chair of its board of trustees from 2013 to 2017.[61] Rubenstein's first large gift to Duke was in 2002, when he donated $5 million to Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy in 2002; that gift led to the naming of Rubenstein Hall.[62] In 2009, he donated an additional $5.75 million to support Duke's public policy program.[63] In 2011, he donated $13.6 million to the Duke University Libraries in support of renovating the university's special collections library, which was named the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.[64] In 2012, he donated $15 million to support the university's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative[65] and $10 million to support Duke Athletics.[66] In 2013, Rubenstein donated $10 million to fund graduate fellowships and undergraduate internships at the Sanford School of Public Policy.[67] In 2014, Rubenstein donated $1.9 million to Jewish Life at Duke to expand programming, fund building renovations and enhance the college experience for Jewish students.[68] In 2015, Rubenstein gave $25 million towards the construction of a new 71,000-square foot Arts Center.[69] In 2017, he donated $20 million to endow scholarships for first-generation, low-income students.[70]
University of Chicago
Rubenstein was elected to the board of trustees of the University of Chicago on May 31, 2007.[71]
In 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019, he provided a total of $46 million to the Law School for scholarships.[72] The gifts will fund up to 60 full-tuition scholarships for three consecutive Law School graduating classes. Approximately 10 percent of all students from the Classes of 2017, 2018, and 2019 will be Rubenstein Scholars.[73]
In 2014, he provided the lead funding for a Forum to serve as the University's principal conference center.[74]
Harvard University
Rubenstein has donated $60 million to the Harvard Kennedy School[75] to facilitate its fellowship program and to help build its new campus. He chairs the Harvard Global Advisory Council. Rubenstein is a Fellow of the Harvard Corporation, the governing body of Harvard University.[76]
Johns Hopkins University
In October 2015, Rubenstein donated $15 million to the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to create a new hearing center focused on restoring functional hearing loss.[77] In January 2021, he donated an additional $15 million to the same department to support development of therapeutic approaches to preserve and restore hearing.[78] He is also an Emeritus Trustee of the Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees.[79]
PBS
Rubenstein has donated $10 million to PBS to help fund Ken Burns documentaries and $5 million to the PBS affiliate in Washington, WETA, to help fund a new headquarters.[80]
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
In May 2022, Rubenstein announced a $15 million donation to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to support and expand the growth of its collection. The gift aided in the museum exceeding its $1 billion fundraising goal a year early, and as a result, the museum’s collection previously known as the National Institute for Holocaust Documentation was renamed the David M. Rubenstein National Institute for Holocaust Documentation in his honor.[81][82]
Honors and recognition
- 2006, Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member Eli Broad during the International Achievement Summit in Los Angeles[83][84]
- 2011, National Archives Foundation’s Records of Achievement Award, for his loan of the 1297 Magna Carta as well as a rare Stone engraving of the Declaration of Independence to the National Archives for public display[85]
- 2014, elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[86]
- 2015, Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy[87]
- 2017, LBJ Foundation’s Liberty & Justice for All Award[88]
- 2018, Legend in Leadership Award of Yale SOM’s Chief Executive Leadership Institute[89]
- 2018, ABANA Achievement Award[90]
- 2018, honorary degree, Dartmouth College[91]
- 2019, Duke’s University Medal, the school’s highest honor[92]
- 2019, The Harvard Club of Washington, DC's Public Service Award[93]
- 2019, honorary degree, Brown University[94]
- 2019, elected to the American Philosophical Society[95]
Affiliations
- Alfalfa Club, President
- American Academy of Arts & Sciences, board member
- Bloomberg Television – Peer to Peer Conversations — The David Rubenstein Show[96]
- Brookings Institution – former Co-Chairman,[97] Chairman Emeritus
- The Carlyle Group – co-founder and Co-Chairman[98]
- University of Chicago – Trustee, alumnus[99]
- China–United States Exchange Foundation – Steering committee member[100]
- Council on Foreign Relations – Chairman[101]
- The Economic Club of Washington D.C. – Chairman[102]
- Harvard Corporation – member[103]
- Harvard Global Advisory Council – Chairman[104]
- Harvard University – Harvard President Drew Faust named David Rubenstein a Fellow of Harvard College on May 25, 2016, the evening before their 2016 Commencement. He started his term in July 2017.[105]
- Institute for Advanced Study – Trustee[106]
- Johns Hopkins Medicine – Trustee[107]
- Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts – Chairman[108]
- Library of Congress – Madison Council (Chairman)[109]
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts – Director,[110] former Vice Chairman
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center – Trustee
- National Constitution Center – Director
- National Gallery of Art – Chairman
- National Park Foundation – major donor
- Smithsonian Institution – former Chairman[111]
- Tsinghua University – former Chairman of the School of Economics and Management[112]
- World Economic Forum – board member[113]
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External links
- Official website
- Board of Trustees at World Economic Forum
- Carlyle biography of David Rubenstein
- U Chicago Chronicle article
- David Rubenstein biography at the Wharton China Business Forum; he was the opening keynote speaker for the 2010 event
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- The David Rubenstein Show