Our 500th episode features a wide-ranging with David Rubenstein, The Carlyle Group’s co-founder and co-Executive Chairman. We discuss:

• David’s experience growing up in a blue-collar family in Baltimore
• His experience working for the Carter administration
• Why the Carter administration was viewed as unsuccessful
• David’s decision to leave government and the legal profession to start Carlyle 
• How David and a partner came up with the firm’s name
• How Carlyle got prominent political figures to join the firm, including presidents and prime ministers 
• David’s decision to diversify the business and go global
• David’s rationale for taking the firm public
• 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.

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This episode is sponsored by Zoho and Sykes