The Carlyle Group has counted among its associates and partners, former President George H.W. Bush, former British Prime Minister John Major, the half-brother of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Olivier Sarkozy and the list goes on and on.
In a fascinating piece, PEU Report talked to a mainstream reporter about Private Equity operators in general and Carlyle Group in particular. You can find the report here.
scarier than the Carlye Group.
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"The Carlyle Group scares me...It seems to exist to corrupt politicians"
ReplyDeleteImplying that corruption isn't a necessary condition for a career in politics (RP excepted of course).