
← Coffee with The Greats by Miles Fisher19 Dec 2025 · 43 min
David Rubenstein - Founder of The Carlyle Group
<p><strong>David Rubenstein</strong> has a list of accomplishments from building one of the most prestigious private equity firms, <a href="https://www.carlyle.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Carlye Group</a>, to being the chairman of the Kennedy Center of Performing Arts, The Smithsonian Institution, and The Council on Foreign Relations.</p><p>David shares how he <em>wasn't</em> a "big dreamer" growing up, how asking himself "What would his mother think?" helped guide himself, and discusses the pinnacles of private capital to the pillars of intellectual prestige.</p><p>**</p><p>Hosted by <a href="https://linktr.ee/milesfisher" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Miles Fisher</a></p>