David Rubenstein
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David Mark Rubenstein is an American billionaire businessman, philanthropist, and former government official. He is a co-founder and co-chairman of the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm based in Wa
Rubenstein in 2024
Rubenstein (left) speaks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 2019.
Rubenstein (right) and other members of the Orioles ownership group with Maryland governor Wes Moore, 2024
Council on Foreign Relations
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The Council on Foreign Relations is an American think tank focused on U.S. foreign policy and international relations. Founded in 1921, it is an independent and nonpartisan 501 nonprofit organization.
David Rubenstein
…is also the principal owner of Major League Baseball (MLB) team the Baltimore Orioles. Rubenstein is the chairman of the National Gallery of Art, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. He is a former board of trustees chairman at Duke University and the Smithsonian Institution. He was co-chair…
Elihu Root (1845–1937) served as the first honorary president (1921–1937) of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Pictured 1902, age 57).
John W. Davis was the first elected CFR president.
David Rockefeller (1915–2017) joined the Council in 1941 and was appointed as a director in 1949.
CFR Headquarters, located in the former Harold Pratt House in New York City