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William E. Conway Jr.

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William E. Conway Jr.
Born1949
EducationB.A. Dartmouth College; MBA University of Chicago Booth School of Business
OccupationManaging Director of the Carlyle Group

William E. Conway, Jr. or Bill Conway (born 1949) is one of the three co-founders of The Carlyle Group.[1][2][3]

Biography

William Conway received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.[1][2][3]

He started his career by serving in a variety of positions in corporate finance, commercial lending, workout loans and general management for almost ten years with First National Bank of Chicago.[1][2] From 1981 to 1986, Conway had worked in various financial positions at MCI Communications being named senior vice president and chief financial officer in 1984.[1][2] In 1987, he co-founded Carlyle with David Rubenstein and Daniel D'Aniello.[1][2][3][4]

He has served as the chairman of the boards of Nextel Communications and United Defense Industries.[4] He has made charitable donations to the Catholic Church.[1] As of September 2011, he is the 540th richest person in the world, and the 139th richest in the United States.[3] He is worth US$ 2.7 billion.[3] He is married with one child, and he lives in McLean, Virginia.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f [1]
  2. ^ a b c d e Carlyle Capital biography
  3. ^ a b c d e f Forbes profile
  4. ^ a b Patrick McGeehan, 'Look Who Hit Pay Dirt in the Nextel Deal', in The New York Times, December 19, 2004 [2]

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