David M. Rubenstein is a Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Carlyle's Board of Directors, appointed effective July 18, 2011, having previously served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Carlyle. A Baltimore native, he is Chairman, CEO, and principal owner of Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles.
Prior to forming Carlyle in 1987 he practiced law in Washington, D.C. with Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP). From 1977 to 1981 he was Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy; from 1975 to 1976 he served as Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments; and from 1973 to 1975 he practiced law in New York with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Duke University and a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School.