General (Ret) David H. Petraeus (born Novemebr 7. 1952 in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York)joined KKR in June 2013 as Chairman of the KKR Global Institute. He was made a partner in December 2014. The Institute supports the KKR investment process and KKR's portfolio companies with analysis of geopolitical, macro-economic, governance trends, and other issues that shape the investment climate. He is also a member of the boards of directors of Optiv and OneStream, a personal venture capitalist, and an Honorary Professor of International Security at the University of Birmingham.^[14] He is believed to be the only American military figure to throw out the first pitch of a World Series game and to flip the coin at a Super Bowl while in uniform.General Petraeus culminated his military career with six consecutive commands as a general officer, five of which were in combat, a record unmatched in the post-World War II era.

Prior to joining KKR, General Petraeus served over 37 years in the United States Army, including tours in Cold War Europe, the United States, Central America, Haiti, Bosnia, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the greater Middle East. He culminated his military service with six consecutive commands as a general officer, five of which were in combat, including command of: the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) during the fight to Baghdad and the first year in Iraq; Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq over 15 subsequent months; Multi-National Force-Iraq during the Surge from February 2007 to September 2008; U.S. Central Command from 2008 to 2010; and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan from 2010-2011.^[11]

Following his service in the military, General Petraeus served as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, leading the agency during a period that saw significant achievements in the global counter-terrorism effort, development of a strategic plan for the agency, and an initiative to increase worldwide human intelligence coverage.^[18]

In 2019 General Petraeus released a statement to the The Wall Street Journal warning against the threat of the Taliban in Afghanistan and urging President Donald Trump to be careful in his decision making in regards to troop withdrawal and potential false and misleading statements by the Taliban.^[15] General Petraeus believed that President Trump made the right decision by calling off the proposed summit with the Taliban that was supposed to take place in Maryland in September 2019.^[22]

After General Petraeus’ retirement from the military, he served as Director of the CIA, during which time the Agency played the central role in a number of important achievements in the global war on terror, established an overarching strategic campaign plan for the Agency, and pursued initiatives to invest additional resources in the Agency’s most important element, its human capital.

Over the past 15 years, General Petraeus has been named one of America’s 25 Best Leaders by the U.S.

News and World Report, a runner-up for Time magazine’s Person of the Year, the Daily Telegraph man of the year, Prospect magazine’s Public Intellectual of the Year, a Time 100 selectee, one of Foreign Policy magazine’s top 100 public intellectuals, and the recipient of the Madison Medal at Princeton University. He is a frequent commentator on global security and economic issues, and also was Co-Chairman in 2013-2014 of a Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on North America.

A graduate with distinction from the United States Military Academy, General Petraeus is the only person in U.S.

Army history to be the top graduate of both the U.S.

Army’s challenging Ranger School and the year-long U.S.

Army Command and General Staff College course.

He also earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1987 and later completed a fellowship at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

He taught economics and international relations at the United States Military Academy in the mid-1980s and, after leaving government, he was a visiting professor of public policy for 3-1/2 years at the City University of New York’s Macaulay Honors College, and from 2013 until 2019 he was a Judge Widney Professor at the University of Southern California and a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center.

General Petraeus has been awarded numerous U.S. military, State Department, NATO, and United Nations medals, including four awards of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Bronze Star Medal for Valor, two awards of the NATO Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Action Badge, the Ranger Tab, and Master Parachutist Wings.

David Petraeus was commisioned as a second lieutenant in 1974 after graduating with distinction from the United States Military Academy. After leaving government, he was a visiting professor of public policy for 3-1/2 years at the City University of New York’s Macaulay Honors College, and from 2013 until 2019 he was a Judge Widney Professor at the University of Southern California and a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center.

June 1974 – Present

U.S, Cold War Europe, Central America, Haiti, Kuwait, Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan

Leadership, Command, General Officer Positions:

Platoon Leader, 1st Battalion, 509th Infantry (Airborne Battalion Combat Team), Vicenza, Italy

Commander, A Company, 2d Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division (Mech)

Commander, 3d Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

Commander, 1st Brigade/504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division

Assistant Division Commander (Operations), 82d Airborne Division

Chief of Staff, XVIII Airborne Corps

Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, NATO Stabilization Force in Bosnia

Commander, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Multi-National Division-North (Iraq)

Commander, Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq;

Commander, US Army Combined Arms Center/Deputy Commander TRADOC (Operations)/Commandant, US Army Command and General Staff College/Director, Joint Center for Security Force Assistance/Commander, Fort Leavenworth

Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq (during the Surge)

Commander, US Central Command (Mid-East and Central Asia); and

Commander, US Forces and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan

Battalion Adjutant, 1st Battalion, 509th Infantry (Airborne Battalion Combat Team)

Battalion Operations Officer, 2d Battalion, 19th Infantry

Aide to the Commander, 24th Infantry Division

Assistant Professor, IR/Econ, USMA

Special Assistant (Temporary Duty) to the Commander in Chief, Southern Command

Military Assistant to the NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

Battalion Operations Officer, 2d Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division (Mech)

Brigade Operations Officer, 1st Brigade, 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized)

Aide/Assistant Executive Officer to the Chief of Staff of the Army

Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Training, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

Chief of Operations, United Nations Force in Haiti

Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff