William Conway, Jr.

William E. “Bill” Conway Jr. is an American businessman and investor. He is the co-founder of The Carlyle Group. 

  • William Conway Jr. is one of three billionaire founders of private equity firm Carlyle Group.
  • Conway stepped down as co-CEO in January 2018 and now serves as co-executive chairman with cofounder and billionaire David Rubenstein.
  • The trio took Carlyle public on the Nasdaq exchange in 2012, and the firm now has about $222 billion in assets under management.
  • They used their Beltway connections–George H.W. Bush was among their advisers–to invest in defense-oriented companies.
  • Before founding Carlyle, he was the chief financial officer of telecom company MCI Communications.
  • In June 2019 he donated $20 million to the Catholic University of America to create the Conway School of Nursing.

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