James A. Attwood, Jr. joined The Carlyle Group in November 2000 as a Managing Director and head of the Global Telecommunications and Media group based in New York. In 2014 he began to direct Carlyle’s investment activity in the Technology sector as well, and the group was renamed the Global Telecommunications, Media and Technology (“TMT”) group.

Since 2001, Carlyle has committed more than $18 billion of equity to TMT investments globally. Notable transactions have included Dex Media, Casema, Insight Communications, The Nielsen Company, PanAmSat, Open Link and SS&C, as well as Commscope, Freescale, Getty Images, Syniverse Technologies, Dealogic and Veritas. Mr. Attwood currently serves as a member of the Boards of Directors of Getty, Nielsen, Syniverse and CoreSite Realty.

Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Attwood served as Executive Vice President for Strategy, Development and Planning at Verizon Communications, Inc. At Verizon (and GTE prior to that), he was responsible for the oversight of all strategic planning, alliances, ventures, corporate strategy, development and M&A activities. He was a key player in several industry-shaping transactions including the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE (creating Verizon) and the creation of Verizon Wireless. Prior to his four years at Verizon and GTE, Mr. Attwood served as an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co. for 11 years, working in both the New York and Tokyo offices.

Mr. Attwood graduated summa cum laude from Yale University in 1980 with a B.A. in applied mathematics and an M.A. in statistics. In 1985, he received both J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Harvard University.

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James Attwood is an American businessman. He serves as the managing director of The Carlyle Group and chairman of Nielsen Holdings PLC. He is a former investment banker at Goldman Sachs and EVP of Verizon Communications. He is a major donor to Hillary Clinton‘s 2016 presidential campaign.

Attwood donated $100,000 in 2015 and $100,000 in 2016 to Correct the Record, a Super PAC which supports Hillary Clinton‘s 2016 presidential campaign.^[7] He also donated $250,000 to Priorities USA Action, another pro-Hillary Clinton Super PAC, in 2016, as well as smaller donations to the Hillary Victory Fund and Hillary for America.^[8]

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