Across the Wide Missouri" (2007): Jeb Bush: Lehman’s Secret Weapon: "In the arms race by private-equity firms...
...to line up ever-higher profile ‘advisers,’ Lehman Brothers may have just taken the lead... hired... Jeb Bush.... Private-equity firms hire politicos and former corporate honchos... to help them open doors... to manage government relations and the companies in their portfolios. Carlye Group chief David Rubenstein, in fact, discussed the increasing value of such moves in this Q&A published in The Wall Street Journal today. No family these days has better door-opening skills in Washington or corporate America than the Bushes...
