Opera singers are famous for being divas on an off the stage, but American soprano Renee Flemming has spent her long and notable career developing a different persona, often being called the "People's Diva."  For many of Fleming's fans, she is the first, and perhaps the only opera star they have ever paid close attention to, selling more than 2 million records, winning Grammy's and other awards for her work, and even singing the national anthem at the 2014 Super Bowl. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As CEO of the Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Investment Company Khaldoon Al Mubarak is part of a new effort by the UAE government to diversify its economy beyond oil. On this episode of the David Rubenstein Show, Al Mubarak discusses overseeing a sovereign wealth fund with more than $250 billion in assets, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert F. Smith's life has taken him from the newly de-segregated classrooms of suburban Denver, to Columbia Business School, Goldman Sachs, and eventually to his own private equity firm, Vista Equity Partners.  On this episode of the David Rubenstein Show, Smith discusses working as an intern at Bell Labs when he was below the minimum age requirement, becoming the first Goldman Sachs employee to focus solely on M&A in the tech sector, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seven years after the death of visionary co-founder Steve Jobs, Apple is on its way to a market capitalization of $1 trillion, the first-ever public company to do so. Much of the tech giant's recent growth can be attributed to CEO Tim Cook, who took over from Jobs. Cook joins Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein on this episode to discuss Apple’s growth and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.