The David Rubenstein Show

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Dara Khosrowshahi Jul 11, 2019

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In August of 2017, Dara Khosrowshahi became the CEO of Uber, succeeding founder Travis Kalanick. Khosrowshahi manages the company's fast-growing business in 63 countries around the world and leads a global team of more than 22,000 employees. Dara was previously the CEO of Expedia, which he grew into one of the world's largest online travel companies. Khosrowshahi spoke with David Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group, and host of the Bloomberg television show, Peer to Peer Conversations.

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John Kelly Jun 20, 2019

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Retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly stepped down as President Trump's chief of staff at the end of 2018, after more than a year spent managing the daily operations inside the West Wing. Kelly spent most of his entire adult life serving the nation. He wore a Marine uniform for more than 40 years. He was briefly retired before joining the Trump Administration.

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Melinda Gates Jun 17, 2019

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We bring you another edition of Peer to Peer with David Rubenstein from Bloomberg Television. This week, David speaks with Gates Foundation Co-Founder Melinda Gates about inequality in the U.S.

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Anthony Kennedy Nov 29, 2018

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Anthony Kennedy's decision to retire from the Supreme Court was overshadowed by the intense confirmation battle that surrounded his eventual successor, Brett Kavanaugh, but it is important to remember Kennedy's contributions to the court as an associate justice since 1988. Kennedy recently sat down with Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein for an interview recorded at the University of Virginia Law School. They spoke on David Rubenstein's Bloomberg Television program, "Peer to Peer Conversations."

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Alan Greenspan Nov 16, 2018

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Serving under four Presidents from both parties, Alan Greenspan holds the title as the second-longest serving Federal Reserve chairman, overseeing America's economy through booms and busts from the 1980s through the 2000s. Greenspan has a new book out now called "Capitalism in America: A History," which he co-wrote with Financial Times reporter Adrian Wooldridge.

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Michael Milken Nov 01, 2018

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There is no one more closely associated with junk bonds than Michael Milken, who, in the 1970s, realized that investors could make more money buying bonds from companies with lower credit ratings than they could from companies with triple-A rated bonds. However, the same competitive nature that made Milken millions ended up hurting him. In 1990, Milken pled guilty to six counts of violating securities law, spent one year and ten months in prison, and paid a government fine of $200 million and put an additional $400 million in a fund to compensate investors. Both before and after his incarceration, Milken has been heavily involved in philanthropy and now leads the Milken Institute, among many other organizations.

Correction: This updated version of the podcast corrects the length of Milken's prison term, which was incorrectly stated in a previous version of the show. It also provides additional context for the fine he was required to pay, and his philanthropic activity.

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Christine Lagarde Oct 18, 2018

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When Christine Lagarde was selected to become the first female managing director of the IMF in 2011, it was simply another "first" for the French lawyer, whose long career has included experiences in the legal, governmental, and economic fields in both the public and private sectors.

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Barry Diller Oct 04, 2018

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Over his long career, Barry Diller has founded and led some of the most influential media companies in America, creating the Fox Broadcasting Company, running Paramount Pictures, and, more recently, leading InterActiveCorp as it grows into a multi-billion dollar internet company.

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Jeff Bezos Sep 20, 2018

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In 1993, a young engineer named Jeff Bezos had the idea to sell books online. He called his new company Amazon and warned many of his early investors that there was a 70 percent chance the venture would either fail or go bankrupt. Twenty-five years later, it's very clear that Bezos' idea did not fail. Amazon not only survived, it thrived. It’s now the world's largest online sales company, and the world's largest provider of cloud infrastructure services. Bezos recently sat down with Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein. They spoke on David Rubenstein's Bloomberg Television program, “Peer to Peer Conversations.”

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Dr. Jim Yong Kim Sep 06, 2018

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With degrees and doctorates from Harvard and Brown University, Dr. Jim Yong Kim is one of the best-educated people to ever serve as head of the World Bank, but he is also one of the most unconventional: Kim's degrees are in biology and anthropology and his job history includes time as a professor at Harvard and president of Dartmouth College, where he was the first Asian-American to lead an Ivy League institution.

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