Allan M. Holt

Allan M. Holt of Washington, DC, is the son of Holocaust survivors and Vice Chair of the Council and the Strategic Advancement Committee Chair. He has served on the Council since 2014 and as Vice Chair since 2015.  Mr. Holt is a Senior Partner and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, and most recently served as Chairman of Carlyle’s US Buyout group, the firm’s largest investment fund. Mr. Holt has extensive private equity investment experience, serving in leadership roles within the US Buyout group for the last 30 years. Prior to joining Carlyle in 1992, he spent three and a half years with Avenir Group, Inc., an investment and advisory company. Mr. Holt was also previously with MCI Communications Corporation.  He is currently a Member of the boards of directors of several Carlyle portfolio companies, including Veritas Technologies. Mr. Holt is a Member of the Haas School of Business Board at the University of California, Berkeley, and of the Johns Hopkins University Wilmer Eye Institute Board of Governors. He is also a Member of the Advancement Committee of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution and the former Chair of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Board. Mr. Holt is a graduate of Rutgers University and received his MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.

July 10, 2024