SPOTLIGHT ON
Russell Carson '65
General Partner
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
New York, New York
Elected 1999 (Charter Trustee)
A.B. Dartmouth College
M.B.A.
Columbia Business School
Born in 1943 Russell Carson attended public high school in Toledo,
Ohio, prior to receiving an A.B. degree in economics from Dartmouth College in 1965 and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School
in 1967. Since 1978 Mr. Carson has been a General Partner of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS), one of the countrys
largest private investment firms, which he co-founded. Over the past 21 years, WCAS has raised twelve institutionally funded
limited partnerships with total capital of $12 billion and has invested in more than 200 companies. The firm has evolved into
the leading specialist in the buyout of privately owned companies in the information services, telecommunications, and healthcare
industries. Unlike many buyout firms, WCAS emphasizes the growth of acquired businesses and ultimately seeks its financial
returns through access to the public stock market. Mr. Carson has led WCASs healthcare investment activities and is currently
a director of five portfolio companies including three public companies U.S. Oncology, Inc., Select Medical, Inc., and Triad
Hospitals, Inc. From 1967 to 1978 he was employed by the Citicorp Venture Capital subsidiary of Citicorp and served as its
Chairman and CEO from 1974 to 1978. Active in community affairs, Mr. Carson is Vice Chairman of The Rockefeller University
Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School, a Trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, a Director of the New York City Investment Fund, and Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Endowment Fund. He resides
in New York City with his wife Judy and their two children.
Bio From Dartmouth Trustee Site
