Jonathan E. Colby is a Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, where he works with investors as well as serving on the investment committees for Carlyle Japan Partners I & II, Carlyle's Japanese leveraged buyout funds launched in 2001 and 2006, respectively. Mr. Colby is based in Washington, D.C.
Prior to joining Carlyle in 1998, Mr. Colby was with Equinox Group Holdings, Ltd., a merchant bank specializing in private equity investments and corporate advisory services in Asia. Prior to that, Mr. Colby was a Senior Managing Director of The Blackstone Group, and before that was head of Asian mergers and acquisitions at The First Boston Corporation in Tokyo. Mr. Colby also served on the National Security Council staff under the direction of Dr. Henry A. Kissinger.
Mr. Colby is a graduate of Princeton University and Yale Law School.
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He serves as Chairman of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, and on the Boards of Directors of the Japan Society and the World Rehabilitation Fund.