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Harvey Schwartz

Chief Executive Officer & Director, Carlyle

Search every verified Harvey Schwartz interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Harvey Schwartz, CEO of Carlyle, discussed the firm’s performance and market outlook in recent public appearances. At the Carlyle 2026 Global Investor Conference, he said the U.S. economy is “doing quite well” based on proprietary data from hundreds of portfolio companies, and he described the Federal Reserve as likely to continue monitoring economic data. He also commented on structural shifts, stating that rates are expected to remain higher due to larger deficits, global capital demand, and deglobalization. Schwartz identified cyber threats as the highest systemic risk facing the world, and he discussed concerns about deficits and inflation in relation to the U.S. dollar’s status. On Carlyle’s second-quarter 2026 earnings call, Schwartz reported record results and highlighted $30 billion in organic inflows during the first half of the year, which he attributed to disciplined execution and the firm’s strategic plan. He also addressed the firm’s share price decline, saying Carlyle is focused on executing its plan and has been active in share buybacks. In a separate interview, Schwartz discussed leadership and personal topics, describing insecurity as a “secret weapon” that keeps him open to others’ ideas, and he noted that repeated success, rather than failure, helped him overcome impostor syndrome.

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“I think that there was a series of policies for the past decade which really were anchored around lower rates, lower rates globally. We have for years now, for three years, been working under the assumption that rates would be structurally higher. Why? Because deficits are larger, the demand for capital around the world is very high. Deglobalization is really driving a complete reordering of priorities around the wor”

“We have a very unique proprietary data set, as you mentioned. And 15 years ago, we started breaking down the data set and the insights into these portfolio companies. So it's several hundred portfolio companies that employ about 750,000 people around the world. With that data set, amidst all the backdrop of noise of structural change around the world, the globalization, the conflict in Iran, the war in Europe, what t”

“I think cyber by far deficits um that's a very very complicated conversation. We um we lose all your viewers I think because I think you really start to get into a discussion of what is money, right? And money is just a belief system. Um, and so I think you if you ever ended up in a situation where somehow the deficits and the excessive debt created some degree of actually unmanageable inflation, then you get a quest”

“I think cyber by far deficits um that's a very very complicated conversation. We um we lose all your viewers I think because I think you really start to get into a discussion of what is money, right? And money is just a belief system. Um, and so I think you if you ever ended up in a situation where somehow the deficits and the excessive debt created some degree of actually unmanageable inflation, then you get a quest”

“I think cyber is the highest systemic risk issue that the world faces today. Other than, you know, god forbid nuclear conflict, that kind of thing, global escalation in military conflict, which hopefully never happens. So I think that's by far the biggest risk because the race to be technologically dependent is very high.”

“I think cyber by far deficits um that's a very very complicated conversation. We lose all your viewers I think because I think you really start to get into a discussion of what is money, right? And money is just a belief system. And so I think you if you ever ended up in a situation where somehow the deficits and the excessive debt created some degree of actually unmanageable inflation, then you get a question around”

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