General David H. Petraeus, US Army (Ret.)'s Linkedin Analytics

General (Ret) David H. Petraeus is a Partner in the global investment firm KKR and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute, which he established in May 2013. The Global Institute supports the KKR investment process, KKR's portfolio companies, and KKR's investors with analysis of geopolitical risks and trends. He is also a member of the boards of directors of Optiv and OneStream, a Strategic Advisor of Semperis and Advanced Navigation, a personal venture capitalist, the Kissinger Senior Fellow at Yale University's Jackson School, a speaker with the Washington Speakers Bureau, and co-author with Andrew Roberts of the NYT, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly best seller "Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine,” which also was selected History Book of the year by Aspects of History. Prior to joining KKR, Gen. Petraeus served over 37 years in the U.S. military, culminating his career with six consecutive commands as a general officer, five of which were in combat, including command of the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and NATO/US Forces in Afghanistan. Following his military service and confirmation by the Senate by a vote of 94-0, Gen. Petraeus served as Director of the CIA. Gen. Petraeus graduated with distinction from the U.S. Military Academy, was the top graduate of his Ranger School and Command and General Staff College classes, earned a Ph.D. from Princeton Univ, and has held academic appointments at six universities. He is currently Co-Chairman of the Global Advisory Council of the Woodrow Wilson Center, Sr Vice President of RUSI, and a member of the Trilateral Commission, the Aspen Strategy Group, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Board of the Atlantic Council. He has received numerous awards and decorations including four Defense Distinguished Service Medals, the Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Medal, the Bronze Star Medal for Valor, the Combat Action Badge, the Ranger tab, and master parachutist wings. He has also been decorated by 14 foreign countries and sanctioned by Russia. Over the past 20 years, General Petraeus has been named one of America’s 25 Best Leaders by U.S. News and World Report, runner-up for Time magazine’s Person of the Year, the Daily Telegraph man of the year, a Time 100 selectee (twice), Princeton University’s Madison Medalist, and one of Foreign Policy magazine’s top 100 public intellectuals in three different years. He is also believed to be the only individual who, while in uniform, threw out the first pitch of a World Series game and did the coin toss for a Super Bowl.