凯雷抢在同行之前进行高层交接

Carlyle co-founders David Rubenstein and William Conway are to hand day-to-day running of the private equity company to a younger generation, becoming the first of the top-tier buyout groups to execute company succession.

凯雷(Carlyle)联合创始人戴维•鲁宾斯坦(David Rubenstein)和威廉•康威(William Conway)将把这家私募股权公司的日常运营交给年轻一代，成为第一家执行接班计划的顶级收购集团。

The two 68-years-olds, who launched the Washington-based group with Daniel D’Aniello, 71, will relinquish co-chief executive roles to Carlyle veteran Glenn Youngkin, 50, and Kewsong Lee, 52, the deputy chief investment officer who joined from Warburg Pincus in 2013.

当年联手丹涅洛(Daniel D'Aniello，71岁)在华盛顿创立该集团的这两人现在都已68岁，他们将把联席首席执行官职务交给50岁的凯雷老将格列•杨金(Glenn Youngkin)和2013年从华平(Warburg Pincus)加盟的副首席投资官、52岁的Kewsong Lee。

Although Mr Rubenstein and Mr Conway will become co-executive chairmen from January, Carlyle said the two new chief executives would have “full responsibility, authority and accoun­tability for the firm’s performance”.

虽然鲁宾斯坦和康威将从明年1月起出任联席执行董事长，但凯雷表示，两位新任首席执行官将对“公司的业绩具有全面责任和职权，并接受问责”。

In making the changes, Carlyle is getting ahead of its rivals — Leon Black’s Apollo, Steve Schwarzman’s Blackstone and Henry Kravis and George Roberts of KKR — in fully addressing its future leadership structure. Succession is a hot topic for the sovereign wealth funds, pensions and endowments that are the underlying investors for buyout groups.

这些人事调整意味着，凯雷抢在竞争对手前面——里昂•布莱克(Leon Black)的阿波罗(Apollo)、苏世民(Steve Schwarzman)的黑石(Blackstone)以及亨利•克雷维斯(Henry Kravis)和乔治•罗伯茨(George Roberts)的KKR——全面着手解决集团未来领导层结构问题。对于收购集团背后的投资者，包括主权财富基金、养老基金和捐赠基金，接班是一个热门话题。

Carlyle, which has $170bn under management, was founded in 1987 and quickly came to epitomise a new breed of Washington rainmaker, recruiting executives from the senior ranks of the Reagan and Bush administrations who used their political connections to raise money and broker deals in the defence sector and with foreign governments.

旗下管理着1700亿美元资产的凯雷成立于1987年，迅速变成华盛顿新一代“造雨者”(rainmaker)的代表，从里根和布什政府的高层招聘高管，由这些人利用政坛人脉筹集资金，并在军工行业和与外国政府之间撮合交易。

Frank Carlucci, Ronald Reagan’s defence secretary, chaired Carlyle in the 1990s; former president George HW Bush, former UK prime minister John Major, and James Baker, Mr Bush’s secretary of state, all worked for the firm.

罗纳德•里根(Ronald Reagan)的国防部长弗兰克•卡鲁奇(Frank Carlucci)曾在20世纪90年代担任凯雷董事长;前总统乔治•HW•布什(George HW Bush)、英国前首相约翰•梅杰(John Major)以及在老布什手下当过国务卿的詹姆斯•贝克(James Baker)都为该公司工作过。

The promotions follow a similar move by KKR, which in the summer elevated two executives to leadership roles. While KKR positioned those roles in potential succession to the founders , Carlyle’s move was more definitive.

此次凯雷提拔年轻一代之前，KKR做出了类似举动，在今年夏天提拔两名高管担任领导角色。KKR将这些角色定位于创始人的潜在接班人，而凯雷的举动更加一步到位。

“We have given them the titles of co-chief executives, which is not a change that has been made elsewhere,” Mr Rubenstein told the Financial Times. “They will be in charge. They are younger and they will bring their own energy, creativity and perspective. You’ll see strategic changes in the firm.”

“我们给了他们联席首席执行官的头衔，这是其他地方尚未做出的改变，”鲁宾斯坦对英国《金融时报》表示。“他们将是负责人。他们更年轻，他们会带来自己的精力、创造力和视角。你会看到公司的战略变化。”

Peter Clare, 52, who has worked at Carlyle since 1992, will become co-chief investment officer alongside Mr Conway. Mr D’Aniello, Carlyle chairman, assumes the role of chairman emeritus.

现年52岁、从1992年起一直为凯雷工作的彼得•克莱尔(Peter Clare)，将与康威一起担任联席首席投资官。现任凯雷董事长丹涅洛将成为荣誉主席。

A former Jimmy Carter administration official, Mr Rubenstein was long seen as the firm’s fundraising specialist. Carlyle is notable in global private equity because of the spread of its activities both by geography and product category. Mr Conway was the investment guru.

曾是吉米•卡特(Jimmy Carter)政府官员的鲁宾斯坦，长期被视为该公司的筹资专家。由于其业务活动无论按地理区域还是产品类别都分布广泛，凯雷在全球私募股权领域是比较突出的。康威是投资高手。

Among its range of holdings, Carlyle’s portfolio includes Addison Lee, the UK private-car hire group, and Nature’s Bounty, the American maker of nutritional supplements that until recently also included Holland & Barrett, the global health food chain.

凯雷持有的资产组合包括英国私人汽车租赁集团Addison Lee和美国营养补充剂生产商自然之宝(Nature's Bounty)，直到不久以前还曾包括全球保健食品连锁店荷柏瑞(Holland & Barrett)。