Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein has been named Board Chair for the Council on Foreign Relations, a collection of Western oriented global tamperers. Rubenstein's role places Carlyle in a prime position to profit from global changes directed by CFR's high powered political stable.
Mr. Rubenstein replaces two CFR co-chairs, former Treasury Chief and Centerview Counselor Robert Rubin and Carla Hills, member of J.P. Morgan's International Advisory Board and CEO of Hills and Company.
CFR's board elected two Vice Chairs, Jami Miscik and Blair Effron. Jami Miscik produced faulty WMD intelligence on Saddam Hussein's Iraq and was rewarded with a global risk management position with Lehman Brothers. That role ended in September 2008 when Lehman Brothers imploded.
After her second monumental failure with Lehman Miscik landed a job with Kissinger Associates, a consulting firm for Western companies interested in global tampering. She sits on the board of Morgan Stanley and made a fortune when Dell bought EMC in a mega LBO deal worth $60 billion. Miscik served on EMC's board from August 2012 until deal close.
Centerview Partners kept a top board slot at CFR by shifting from Bob Rubin to Blair Effron. The move will allow Centerview to keep their key player role advising global corporations
CFR retains its Western PEU orientation with its new Board officers. Rest assured private equity underwriters (PEU) are the wrong prescription for our globe. That's all consummate salesman Rubenstein knows how to push. Watch out globe the PEU push isn't close to over.
Update 6-21-17: NYT produced the latest puff piece on Mr. Rubenstein. A former big league news reporter felt differently nearly six years ago.
