by Jason Kelly
   recouping initial investment
   returns and number of
   selling to
   Teamsters and
   TPG as
   Private-equity funds
   funds in
   investors and
   Private Equity Growth Capital Council
   Private-equity industry
   in
   debt and
   early
   jobs and
   in Manhattan
   Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and
   Oregon and
   Romney tax returns and
   tax deductibility of debt
   Washington and
   Private-equity managers:
   Denver Group meeting and
   on dividend recaps
   justification of fees
   money flowing to
   profits of
   on tax treatment
   use of leverage and
   Warburg Pincus
   Private-equity money
   Private-equity tax
   Private-label project, Dollar General and
   “Proprietary deal”
   Providence Equity
   Publicly traded partnership
   Public pensions, in United States
   Public-to private deals
   Qualcomm
   Quellos, James
   Quinn, Thomas
   Raether, Paul
   Rainwater, Richard
   Randalls
   Raptors
   Rauh, Joshua
   Ray, Wes
   REDF. See Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (REDF)
   Regal Cinemas
   Rice, Joseph
   Riverside Co.
   RJR Nabisco
   R.L. Turner & Son Wholesale
   Robert M. Bass Organization
   Roberts, George. See also KKR
   on being in public eye
   business changes and opportunities
   as co-founder of KKR
   on culture of KKR
   elevation of Fisher
   Goltz and
   interviews with KKR executives
   multi-faceted approach
   personality of
   philanthropy and
   relationship to Kravis
   Roberts Enterprise Development Fund
   selling shares in Europe
   vetting of Dreiling
   Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (REDF)
   Roehm, Carolyn
   Rolling Stone (Taibbi)
   Romney, Mitt
   Bain deals and candidacy of
   dispersion of Bain ownership
   dividend recaps in
   on Domino’s Pizza
   tax as defining issue for
   tax returns of
   Rowan, Marc
   Royal Ahold
   Rubenstein, David. See also Carlyle Group
   Conway vs.
   as fund raiser
   on IPO
   as keynote speaker at Columbia conference
   on leaving Carlyle
   Mathias and
   mien and role in Carlyle Group
   on One Carlisle program
   personal disclosure and as philanthropist
   purchase of Fresh Fields and
   SEIU and
   on speeches of
   staff recruitment
   on Super Return Middle East
   Safeway
   Salon (online magazine)
   Samson Investment Co.
   Samsonite
   Savings and loan crisis
   Schloss, Lawrence
   Schoar, Antoinette
   Schorr, Chip
   Schreiber, John
   Schwarzman, Steve. See also Blackstone Group; Blackstone Group acquisitions
   at The Alfred E. Smith Foundation Dinner
   appointing Blitzer
   background and wealth
   Blackstone shares and
   deal with China
   declaration of end of credit crisis
   earning before Blackstone IPO
   on hedge fund business
   on IPO
   James as successor of
   M & A advice division
   op-ed headline in Financial Times
   participation in public calls
   philanthropy of
   process of Oregon and
   Salon magazine about
   SEIU. See Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
   Senior debt
   September
   Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
   Shearson Lehman Holding Company
   Simon, William E.
   Simpson Thacher
   Slavkin, Heather
   Smith, Al
   Smith, Tripp
   Smith dinner
   Solotar, Joan
   Sonneborn, William
   Sorkin, Andrew Ross
   Sovereign wealth fund (SWF)
   Spitzer, Eliot
   “Staple financing”
   Staples
   Sterba, George
   Stern, Andy
   Stewart, James B.
   Stop and Shop
   Stromberg, Per
   Stuart, Scott
   Studzinski, John (Studz)
   Summit Properties
   SunGard Data Systems
   Super Return Middle East
   SWF. See Sovereign wealth fund (SWF)
   T. Rowe
   Taibbi, Matt
   TCW
   Teachers’ Retirement System of Texas
   Tehle, David
   Texas Instruments
   Texas Pacific Group. See TPG
   Texas Teachers
   The Texas Way
   “The Birthday Party”
   “The triumph of Blackstone on Wall Street” (Fortune)
   Thomas H. Lee Partners
   Three Ocean Partners
   Tigard
   Times
   Toronto-Dominion
   Toronto Maple Leafs
   Toys “R” Us
   TPG. See also Bonderman, David; Coulter, Jim
   Blackstone and
   Boyce at
   Burger King and
   Conklin at
   Coulter and
   culture of
   Freescale Semiconductor acquisition
   J. Crew deal and
   KKR and
   KKR Dollar General deal and
   Norton as senior adviser of
   operations of
   “ops” group
   as private-equity firm
   strategy prior to IPO
   on succession
   takeover of TXU
   TPG-Axon (hedge fund)
   Transaction fees
   Turner, Cal Jr.
   Turner, Cal Sr.
   Turner, R.L.
   “2 and 20 structure”
   TXU
   buyout boom of 2007 and takeover of
   natural gas prices and
   as record-setting LBO
   regulatory approval and deal of
   U. S. Congress/Washington:
   “Blackstone bill”
   Private Equity Growth Capital Council and
   private-equity industry and
   UCAR International
   United Nations Principles for Responsible Investing (UNPRI)
   United States, public pensions in
   Unit Here
   University endowments
   Univision
   UNPRI. See United Nations Principles for Responsible Investing (UNPRI)
   US Foods
   US Food-service
   Valerus Compression
   Venture capital industry
   Venture Economics
   VentureXpert
   Vintage funds
   Vintage years, private-equity funds and
   Vogelstein, John
   Volcker, Paul
   Volcker Rule
   Vornado
   “Wall of debt”
   Wall Street
   Wall Street Journal
   Wal-Mart
   WaMu. See Washington Mutual (WaMu)
   Warburg Pincus<
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   Washington Mutual (WaMu)
   Washington State Investment Board
   Watch Hill Partners
   Waxman, Alan
   Waxman joined
   Welch, Jack
   Wellington Capital Management
   WesRay
   White Rose Crafts & Nursery Sales
   Wilds, David
   Willis
   Wiseman, Mark
   Woody Allen approach
   Yellow Pages Group (Canada)
   Youngkin, Glenn
   on Bill Conway
   focus and recommendations on Carlyle’s issues