Three Carlyle founders each land a $138m payday

[Judi Lynn]

Three Carlyle founders each land a $138m payday
With the private equity sector facing scrutiny in the public sphere during the Republican nomination race, one firm's founders enjoy a massive payout
Dominic Rushe guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 11 January 2012 17.24 EST

The trio who founded private equity powerhouse Carlyle Group took home more than $400m in compensation last year, according to a regulatory filing.

The huge payday for the firm, which claims presidents and prime ministers among its advisers, comes as the private equity industry has fallen under intense scrutiny over the course of the race for the Republican nomination.

Current GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney has come under fire for his time at Carlyle rival Bain Capital, where he amassed a large personal fortune.

Carlyle founders David Rubenstein, Bill Conway and Daniel D'Aniello each received $138m in pay last year, according to documents filed with the top US financial watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

More:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/11/carlyle-founders-land-400m-payday

[sarcasmo]

1. Vile!

[RevStPatrick]

2. Dunkin' Donuts is owned by the Carlyle Group...

...the company that brought us George W Bush, 9/11 and the Iraq War.

Enjoy your coffee!

[UpInArms]

6. they got Schwepp's, too

no more tonic water from them for me!

[OnyxCollie]

15. Don't forget the donuts!

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[Octafish]

3. This makes me sad.

"Money trumps peace."

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/150

What's Tim Tebow say about the eye of a needle?

[bulloney]

4. The same company that was holding its annual meeting at the Ritz in DC during the 9-11 attacks.

Coincidence?

[grasswire]

7. with both Bush Sr. and also bin Laden family in attendance.

They watched real time coverage of the attack on the WTC together.

[McCamy Taylor]

5. How much bank bailout money was funneled to the Carlyle Group?

They had huge losses during the mortgage meltdown, and yet here they are rich as sin. Did W. cut a deal to save his Pappy's company?

[JHB]

8. Man, they'll have to do SO much trickling...

...I hope they don't get lazy about it. But they won't, because they worked SOOO hard to make all that money.






<-- It shouldn't be necessary, but we live in satire-proof times. Why take chances?

[cstanleytech]

9. Wow, that would take me 13,600 years to earn assuming I didnt have to pay rent

or any other bills including no money for food or medicine.

[JJW]

10. Each one made more than ....

Afghanistan's entire military annual funding.

[Auntie Bush]

14. And these people can't afford to pay more in taxes to help feed the poor, heat some

homes for the elderly, or help with the education of our children and college students etc. etc. etc Heaven forbid they pay more taxes!

[tclambert]

11. Yes, but some days they worked right through lunch.

[Bossy Monkey]

12. But think what this does for the larks' tongues in aspic business! n/t

[7wo7rees]

13. Conspiracy theories are real.

And Carlyle got Baskin-Robbins in the Dunkin Donuts deal. Enjoy your ice cream.

[Hotler]

16. It's time to roll out the guillotines in the public squares.

I hope those fuckers and others like them choke on the money. It's time to storm their mansions and drag their asses out into the streets.

[UTUSN]

17. I will always remind in Carlyle topics: RUBENSTEIN was a Jimmy CARTER staffer

Jimmy harbored a nest of vipers: Add Tweety and Pat CADDELL, both of whom have traded off of their supposedly being the "Liberal" halves of cable yak "debates," but who have done more damage to Democratic politicians than most Rethugs.

During Campaign 2000, Tweety fragged Al GORE 5 days per week, 2 hrs per day, then did the crying thing saying that GORE's concession speech was "the noblest thing I ever heard." His drooling over Shrub's fake flight suit package.

And CADDELL has LOST for every Democratic candidate ever since being credited for CARTER's win. He failed even with the New Coke. He's been a stooge at the Faux Propaganda Network for years.