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An Evening with David Rubenstein: John B. Paine, Jr. Lecture on the History of Business & Innovation -- Dr. Lizabeth Cohen and Rubenstein discuss "How to Invest: Masters on the Craft" for the inaugural John B. Paine Lecture. -- Recorded 11 February 2025 at Massachusetts Historical Society' Join us for the inaugural John B. Paine, Jr. Annual Lecture on the History of Business and Innovation with a very special guest. David Rubenstein is the Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of the Board of Carlyle Group Inc., a global investment firm and leader in private equity. Rubenstein will be in conversation with Dr. Lizabeth Cohen, the Howard Mumford Jones Research Professor of American Studies at Harvard University. Together, they will discuss Rubenstein’s New York Times bestseller How to Invest: Masters on the Craft. David Rubenstein is one of the most trusted voices in the investment world. In addition to his role at the Carlyle Group, he is the CEO of the Major League Baseball team the Baltimore Orioles and the Chairman of the Boards of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Gallery of Art, the Economic Club of Washington, and the University of Chicago, among other philanthropic endeavors. In "How to Invest: Masters on the Craft", Rubenstein interviews the biggest names in investing to discover the time-tested principles, hard-earned wisdom, and indispensable tools that guide their practice. Dr. Lizabeth Cohen is a Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of History at Harvard. From 2011–18 she was the dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Among many awards and honors, Cohen has been a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. John B. Paine, Jr. (1901-1976) was an investment advisor and served as a Trustee of the Massachusetts Historical Society, where he was the Treasurer from 1957 to 1970. His papers are held at the MHS. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to be notified of new videos: @MHS1791 Follow us! @MHS1791 on Instagram & X; @MassHistoricalSociety on Facebook

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An Evening with David Rubenstein: John B. Paine, Jr. Lecture on the History of Business & Innovation -- Dr. Lizabeth Cohen and Rubenstein discuss "How to Invest: Masters on the Craft" for the inaugural John B. Paine Lecture. -- Recorded 11 February 2025 at Massachusetts Historical Society' Join us for the inaugural John B. Paine, Jr. Annual Lecture on the History of Business and Innovation with a very special guest. David Rubenstein is the Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of the Board of Carlyle Group Inc., a global investment firm and leader in private equity. Rubenstein will be in conversation with Dr. Lizabeth Cohen, the Howard Mumford Jones Research Professor of American Studies at Harvard University. Together, they will discuss Rubenstein’s New York Times bestseller How to Invest: Masters on the Craft. David Rubenstein is one of the most trusted voices in the investment world. In addition to his role at the Carlyle Group, he is the CEO of the Major League Baseball team the Baltimore Orioles and the Chairman of the Boards of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Gallery of Art, the Economic Club of Washington, and the University of Chicago, among other philanthropic endeavors. In "How to Invest: Masters on the Craft", Rubenstein interviews the biggest names in investing to discover the time-tested principles, hard-earned wisdom, and indispensable tools that guide their practice. Dr. Lizabeth Cohen is a Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of History at Harvard. From 2011–18 she was the dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Among many awards and honors, Cohen has been a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. John B. Paine, Jr. (1901-1976) was an investment advisor and served as a Trustee of the Massachusetts Historical Society, where he was the Treasurer from 1957 to 1970. His papers are held at the MHS. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to be notified of new videos: @MHS1791 Follow us! @MHS1791 on Instagram & X; @MassHistoricalSociety on Facebook

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