
David Rubenstein - Co Founder of The Carlyle Group
Coffee with The Greats by Miles Fisher
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Did You Become a World Class Collector?
i had a terrific collection of ball cards. Unfortunately, when i went to college, my mother threw them all away. But so i collected baseball cards or or things like that. After a while, i collected stamps, i collected coins, all the usual things that boys collect. I was really interested in government and politics. In the 19 fifties, there were no billionaires. There were no bill gates kind of heroes to look up to. Yodi yeusther doesn't exist. And i didn't think i had the charm or good looks to be a candidate for office. So i always saw myself as a sorinson figure behind the scenes,. That's what i was doing.
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