Carlyle Group

The Carlyle Group describes itself as "a global alternative asset manager with more than $157 billion in assets under management across 101 funds and 64 fund of funds vehicles. Founded in 1987 in Washington, DC, Carlyle has grown into one of the world’s largest and most successful investment firms, with more than 1,300 professionals operating in 32 offices in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Japan, Asia and Australia."

Ties to Pete Peterson's "Fix the Debt"
The Campaign to Fix the Debt is the latest incarnation of a decades-long effort by former Nixon man turned Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson to slash earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare under the guise of fixing the nation's "debt problem."

This article is part of the Center for Media and Democracy's investigation of Pete Peterson's Campaign to "Fix the Debt." Please visit our main SourceWatch page on Fix the Debt.

Executive Committee
As of February 2013
 * William E. Conway, Jr. - Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder, Washington, DC
 * Daniel A. D'Aniello - Chairman, Co-founder, Washington, DC
 * Jeffrey W. Ferguson - Managing Director, Washington, DC
 * Adena T. Friedman - Chief Financial Officer, Managing Director,Washington, DC
 * David M. Rubenstein - Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder, Washington, DC
 * Glenn A. Youngkin - Chief Operating Officer, Managing Director, Washington, DC

Board of Directors
As of February 2013
 * William E. Conway, Jr. - Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder, Washington, DC
 * Daniel A. D'Aniello - Chairman, Co-founder, Washington, DC
 * Jay S. Fishman - Board Member
 * Lawton W. Fitt - Board Member
 * James H. Hance, Jr. - Operating Executive, New York, NY
 * Janet Hill - Board Member
 * Edward J. Mathias - Managing Director, Washington, DC
 * Dr. Thomas S. Robertson - Board Member
 * David M. Rubenstein - Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder, Washington, DC
 * William J. Shaw - Board Member

Contact details
The Carlyle Group 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004-2505 United States P +1 202 347 2626 F +1 202 347 1818

Featured SourceWatch Articles on Fix the Debt

 * Fix the Debt Portal Page
 * Fix the Debt's Leadership
 * Fix the Debt's Partner Groups
 * Fix the Debt's State Chapters
 * Fix the Debt's Lobbyists
 * Fix the Debt's Parent Group
 * Fix the Debt's Corporations
 * Pete Peterson
 * Peter G. Peterson Foundation
 * America Speaks
 * Simpson-Bowles Commission
 * Erskine Bowles
 * Alan Simpson
 * Social Security
 * Medicare
 * Medicaid
 * Holland & Barrett, NBTY
 * EG&G
 * Patrick T. Siewert - former MD
 * Jim McGee - former MD
 * Chicco Testa

Criticism

 * Tim Shorrock, "Carlyle Group May Buy Major CIA Contractor: Booz Allen Hamilton", CorpWatch, March 11, 2008.