David M RubensteinDavid M. Rubenstein is an American financier and philanthropist best known as the cofounder and coexecutive chairman of The Carlyle Group, a global private equity investment company based in Washington, D.C. He also currently serves as chairman of th Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, chairman of the Smithsonian Institution, chairman of the Brookings Institution, and President of the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. Read More Read Less