David Rubenstein (2024)

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How much did David Rubenstein pay for the Magna Carta? ›

In December 2007 Rubenstein purchased the last privately owned copy of Magna Carta at Sotheby's auction house in New York for $21.3 million. He has lent it to the National Archives in Washington, D.C. In 2011, Rubenstein gave $13.5 million to the National Archives for a new gallery and visitor's center.

How Did Rubinstein Get Rich? Rubenstein became rich turning the Carlyle Group, a leveraged buyout shop he co-founded, into one of the largest private equity firms in the world.

Alice Rogoff

David Rubenstein / Wife (m. 1983–2017)

In 1297 King Edward I enrolled a revised version on the statute books; this is the version that Rubenstein bought. This year, the Magna Carta's 800th, saw much celebration of the document, whose declaration of rights is widely regarded as a foundation of American democracy—widely, but not universally.

(CNN) -- The only copy of the Magna Carta in the United States, regarded as the earliest declaration of human rights, will be returned to the National Archives by the man who purchased it for more than $21.3 million.

Within three months of it being issued at Runnymede, Pope Innocent III had annulled the charter, the rebels had renounced their homage to the king and invited the son of the king of France to take the crown of England in John's place.

Rubenstein, 74, a former White House staffer who became a leveraged-buyout legend, built Carlyle into one of the world's largest managers of alternative assets. He has a net worth of about $5 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, and also hosts a Bloomberg Television show.

3.7 billion USD (2024)

David Rubenstein / Net worth

Mr. Rubenstein is a Baltimore native and is the Chairman and CEO of Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles. Prior to forming Carlyle in 1987, Mr. Rubenstein practiced law in Washington, D.C. with Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge LLP (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP).

Only four original copies of Magna Carta survive. Two are kept in the British Library (one of which was badly damaged by fire in 1731), one in Salisbury cathedral, and one in Lincoln castle.

Is Magna Carta still in effect? ›

The Clauses of Magna Carta

There are clauses on the granting of taxes, towns and trade, the extent and regulation of the royal forest, debt, the Church and the restoration of peace. Only four of the 63 clauses in Magna Carta are still valid today - 1 (part), 13, 39 and 40.

A man has been found guilty of trying to steal a copy of Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral. Mark Royden, 47, from Kent, used a hammer to try to smash through the protective case around the 805-year-old document but failed to take it.