Kissinger Associates

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Kissinger Associates is an international geopolitical consultancy and think tank based in New York City , founded in 1982 by Henry Kissinger . The company supports its customers in the search for strategic partners and investment opportunities as well as advice on external relations.

history

It was founded by Henry Kissinger in July 1982 after loans were secured from Goldman Sachs and a consortium of three other banks. These loans were repaid within two years. By 1987, annual sales had reached $ 5 million. In 1999, Kissinger and Mack McLarty expanded their company to form Kissinger McLarty Associates, the company's offices were at Eighteen and Pennsylvania Street in Washington DC . McLarty was White House Chief of Staff under Bill Clinton . Kissinger McLarty was a corporate member of the Council of the Americas , a New York-based corporate organization founded by David Rockefeller in 1965 . In January 2008, the two companies separated and McLarty Associates, led by Mack McLarty, remains an independent Washington-based company. Kissinger Associates is now located in River House on Park Avenue (Manhattan) in a building also used by the Blackstone Group .

Kissinger Associates does not disclose its clients under US lobbying laws. The company once threatened to sue Congress for defying a subpoena over its client list. In the past, American Express , Anheuser-Busch , Coca-Cola , Daewoo , Midland Bank , HJ Heinz , ITT Corporation , Ericsson , Fiat and Volvo were advised. In their bankruptcy filing, Lehman Brothers named Kissinger Associates as a creditor. The company is a member of the US-Russia Business Council , a trading group that includes ExxonMobil , JPMorgan Chase and Pfizer .

organization

Associated companies

Former Employees

Directors

Clients

Kissinger Associates does not disclose its list of corporate customers and has reportedly prohibited customers from disclosing their business relationship. However, over time, details have been leaked and a number of key corporate customers have been identified.

The secrecy of their corporate client list caused problems when Kissinger or a member of his staff was called into the public service. In 1989, George HW Bush nominated Lawrence Eagleburger to be Deputy Secretary of State. Congress required Eagleburger to disclose the names of 16 customers, some of whom were from his Kissinger Associates membership. Kissinger was later appointed by George W. Bush to chair the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States. The Democrats in Congress insisted that Kissinger disclose the names of the customers. Kissinger and President Bush claimed such disclosures were unnecessary, but Kissinger eventually resigned on the grounds of conflicts of interest.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Council of the Americas Member: Kissinger McLarty Associates . Council of the Americas . Archived from the original on February 23, 2007.
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  3. ^ Isaacson, Kissinger , p. 732.
  4. ^ Kissinger and Friends And Revolving Doors . In: New York Times , April 30, 1989. Retrieved February 12, 2018. 
  5. ^ Kissinger, a longtime Putin confidant, sidles up to Trump . In: Politico , December 24, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2018. 
  6. ^ Kissinger Associates, APCO Join in Strategic Alliance . APCO Worldwide. October 12, 2004.
  7. ^ Strategic alliances . the Blackstone Group. Archived from the original on October 21, 2006. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 9, 2019., @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.blackstone.com
  8. ↑ http://ir.aigcorporate.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=76115&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=231037&highlight
  9. ^ Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson: Survey - Corporate Security: The top players in intelligence industry . In: Financial Times , April 10, 2001. 
  10. ^ Judy Sarasohn: Making an Alliance Official . In: Washington Post , October 2, 2003. 
  11. ^ John Kerry & Hank Brown : BCCI and Kissinger Associates . In: The BCCI Affair . United States Congress .
  12. ^ Mattathias Schwartz: A Spymaster Steps Out of the Shadows , The New York Times . June 27, 2018. "Now Brennan was out, having traded world-bestriding power for a handful of gigs: adviser on world events for clients of Kissinger Associates, visiting scholar at Fordham University and the University of Texas, commentator on breaking news for MSNBC . " 
  13. ^ Don Oberdorfer: Kissinger's New Team . In: Washington Post , August 24, 1982. 
  14. ^ Leslie H. Gelb: Kissinger Means Business . In: New York Times . April 20, 1986.
  15. ↑ Isaacson, Kissinger: A Biography , pp. 730-751.
  16. ^ Jeff Gerth: Disclosure Sought From Policy Group . In: New York Times , May 20, 1989.