A Wide-ranging Interview with The Carlyle Group's David Rubenstein

In our 500th episode, The Carlyle Group's David Rubenstein discusses his youth growing up in a blue-collar family in Baltimore, his experience working for the Jimmy Carter administration, and why that administration was viewed as unsuccessful. We also discuss David’s decision to leave government and the legal profession to start Carlyle and how David and a partner came up with the firm’s name. We discuss how Carlyle got major prominent political figures to join the firm, including presidents and prime ministers, David’s decision to have the business diversify and go global, and David’s rationale for taking the firm public. Lastly, we discuss David’s philanthropic endeavors, why he has decided to give all of his money away, why he now stays out of politics, among a variety of other topics.