By Zachary Goldfarb
Washington Post - February 24, 2014
Daniel A. D'Aniello, the co-founder and chairman of the
Washington-basedprivate-equity giant Carlyle Group, is contributing $20
million to the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute.
The contribution by D'Aniello — set to be announced Tuesday — marks a
new foray into policy advocacy by the top Carlyle executive, who has
maintained a much lower profile than co-founder David Rubenstein. It also represents the marriage of one of Washington's business titans to one of its top think tanks.
AEI will name its new building after D'Aniello before moving in late next year. The building, at 1785 Massachusetts Ave. NW, formerly
owned by Andrew Mellon and purchased from the National Trust for
Historic Preservation, is in a neighborhood that houses a number of
think tanks, including the Brookings Institution.
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