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David Rubenstein

David Rubenstein
Rubenstein in 2024
Born (1949-08-11) August 11, 1949 (age 75)[1]
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
EducationDuke University (BA)
University of Chicago (JD)
Occupations
  • Lawyer
  • businessman
Title
Co-founder and chairman, The Carlyle Group

President, Alfalfa Club

Owner, Baltimore Orioles
Board member of
Spouse
(m. 1983; div. 2017)
Children3
Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations
Assumed office
July 1, 2017
Preceded byCarla Hills
Robert Rubin
Websitewww.davidrubenstein.com

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 Carlyle Group,[3][4] a private equity firm based in Washington, D.C. Rubenstein is also the principal owner of the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB), acquiring the team in 2024 for $1.7 billion.[5]

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 a former board of trustees chairman at Duke University and the Smithsonian Institution. He served as co-chair of the board at Brookings Institution. In 2022, he became chair of the University of Chicago's board of trustees.[6] According to Forbes, Rubenstein had an estimated net worth of $3.7 billion in mid-2024.[7]

  1. ^ Le Mémorial, N° 476, 6 May 2004 Archived September 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, PDF page 14.
  2. ^ "AllGov - Officials". allgov.com. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  3. ^ The Carlyle Group – Team – David M. Rubenstein Archived January 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine January 2014
  4. ^ Gelles, David (March 12, 2020). "Billionaire Confessional: David Rubenstein on Wealth and Privilege". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  5. ^ Goldman, Matt Egan, David (January 31, 2024). "Baltimore Orioles agree to be sold to a group led by David Rubenstein for $1.7 billion". CNN. Retrieved February 1, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "David Rubenstein elected chair of University of Chicago's Board of Trustees | University of Chicago News". news.uchicago.edu. March 17, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  7. ^ "David Rubenstein". Forbes. Retrieved December 11, 2022.

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