The Carlyle Group

A Jake and Dinos Chapman fused mannequin piece from the exhibition Come and See at the Serpentine Gallery

A column of Bulgarian Comitadjis captured during WWI in Thessaloniki .

Recreation of Martin Luther King Jr. 's cell in Birmingham Jail at the National Civil Rights Museum

Carlyle Group counted George H.W. Bush, John Major, and James Baker among its advisers or board members simultaneously — while investing billions in defense. On September 11, 2001, Carlyle's investor conference was meeting in Washington, D.C.