Everyone can be a philanthropist | David Rubenstein | TEDxPennsylvaniaAvenue

When you were a child, did you dream of growing up and becoming.....a philanthropist? In his fast-paced, entertaining talk, David Rubenstein, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of the Carlyle Group and Chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, issues a national call to action urging all Americans to join him in becoming Patriotic Philanthropists. David Rubenstein is a Co-Founder and Co-CEO of The Carlyle Group, founded in 1987. Mr. Rubenstein is Chairman of the Boards of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and of Duke University, a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, Co-Chairman of the Brookings Institution, Vice-Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, and President of the Economic Club of Washington. Rubenstein is on the Board of Directors of the University of Chicago. He is a member of the Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors and Advisory Board of School of Economics and Management Tsinghua University (Chairman). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx