Carlyle’s Rubenstein Giving $50 Million to Kennedy Center

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David M. Rubenstein, co-chief executive officer of Carlyle Group, has pledged $50 million to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to expand its campus and programs in arts education.

The gift makes Rubenstein the largest donor in the center’s 41-year history, with more than $75 million pledged or donated, said Michael Kaiser, the center’s president, by phone.