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Kissinger Associates, Inc., founded in 1982, is a New York City-based international consulting firm and geopolitical fixing house, founded and run by [[Henry Kissinger]]. The firm helps clients to identify strategic partners and investment opportunities, and advises clients on government relations throughout the world.
 
Kissinger Associates, Inc., founded in 1982, is a New York City-based international consulting firm and geopolitical fixing house, founded and run by [[Henry Kissinger]]. The firm helps clients to identify strategic partners and investment opportunities, and advises clients on government relations throughout the world.
  
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Kissinger Associates does not disclose its list of corporate clients, and reportedly bars clients from acknowledging the relationship. However, over time details from proxy statements and the tendency of senior businessmen to talk about their relationship with Kissinger have leaked out and a number of major corporate clients have been identified (see list below).<ref>Source needed</ref>
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Kissinger Associates does not disclose its list of corporate clients, and reportedly bars clients from acknowledging the relationship.<ref name=gelb>{{cite web
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|url=http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F50711FD385D0C738EDDAD0894DE484D81
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|last=Gelb
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|first=Leslie H.
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|title=Kissinger Means Business
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|publisher=[[New York Times]]
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|date=April 20th 1986}}</ref>  However, over time details from proxy statements and the tendency of senior businessmen to talk about their relationship with Kissinger have leaked out and a number of major corporate clients have been identified (see list below).<ref>Corporate clients identified - see Walter Isaacson, ''Kissinger: A Biography'', New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992, (updated 2005). (pp.730-51)</ref>
  
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The secrecy of their corporate client list has caused problems where Kissinger or a member of his staff were called to public service. In 1989, George Bush nominated [[Lawrence Eagleburger]] as his Deputy Secretary of State. Congress required that Eagleburger disclose the names of 16 clients, some of which were his through his Kissinger Associates affiliation.<ref>Source needed</ref> More recently, Kissinger himself was appointed chairman of the [[National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States]] by George W. Bush. Congressional Democrats insisted that Kissinger disclose the names of clients. Kissinger and President Bush claimed that such disclosures were not necessary, but Kissinger ultimately stepped down, citing conflicts of interest.<ref>Source needed</ref>
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The secrecy of their corporate client list has caused problems where Kissinger or a member of his staff were called to public service. In 1989, George Bush nominated [[Lawrence Eagleburger]] as his [[United States Deputy Secretary of State|Deputy Secretary of State]]. Congress required that Eagleburger disclose the names of 16 clients, some of which were his through his Kissinger Associates affiliation.<ref> {{cite news
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|url=http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=FA0712F6385A0C738EDDAC0894D1484D81
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|last=Gerth
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|first=Jeff
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|title=Disclosure Sought From Policy Group
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|publisher=[[New York Times]]
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|date=May 20th, 1989}}</ref>.  More recently, Kissinger himself was appointed chairman of the [[9/11 Commission|National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States]] by George W. Bush. Congressional Democrats insisted that Kissinger disclose the names of clients. Kissinger and President Bush claimed that such disclosures were not necessary, but Kissinger ultimately stepped down, citing conflicts of interest.
  
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In 1999, [[Mack McLarty]], joined Kissinger to open [[Kissinger McLarty Associates]], the firm's office on Eighteenth and K streets in Washington, D.C. McLarty was White House Chief of Staff under [[Bill Clinton]]. Kissinger McLarty is a corporate member of the [[Council of the Americas]], the New York-based business organization established by [[David Rockefeller]] in 1965.
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In 1999, [[Mack McLarty]], joined Kissinger to open '''Kissinger McLarty Associates''', the firm's office on Eighteenth and K streets in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=CoA>{{web cite
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|url=http://www.americas-society.org/coa/membersnetwork/Kissinger.html
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|title=Council of the Americas Member: Kissinger McLarty Associates
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|publisher=[[Council of the Americas]]                                                                   
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}}</ref>.  McLarty was [[White House Chief of Staff]] under Bill Clinton. Kissinger McLarty is a corporate member of the [[Council of the Americas]], the New York-based business organization established by [[David Rockefeller]] in 1965.<ref name=CoA/>
  
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Kissinger Associates is located in River House on Park Avenue at Fifty-first Street, in a building also occupied by Peter Peterson's [[Blackstone Group]]. It was established in July, 1982 after loans had been secured from [[Goldman Sachs]] and a consortium of three other banks. These loans were paid out in two years; by 1987 annual revenues had reached $5 million.<ref>Source needed</ref>
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Kissinger Associates is located in River House on [[Park Avenue]] at Fifty-first Street, in a building also occupied by [[Peter Peterson]]'s [[Blackstone Group]]. It was established in July, 1982 after loans had been secured from [[Goldman Sachs]] and a consortium of three other banks. These loans were paid out in two years; by 1987 annual revenues had reached $5 million.<ref>Location and revenues - see Isaacson, ''Kissinger'', op.cit. (p.732)</ref>  
  
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==corporate clients==
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===Associated organizations and individuals===
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* [[American Express]] - Director (Hungary, Japan)
 
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* [[American International Group]] - Director, International Advisory Committee (Argentina, China, South Korea)
 
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* [[Atlantic Richfield]]
 
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* [[Chase Manhattan Bank]] (now JPMorgan Chase) - Chairman, International Advisory Committee
 
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* [[Coca-Cola]] (Malaysia)
 
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* [[Fiat]]
 
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* Freeport-McMoRan - Director (Burma, Indonesia, Panama)
 
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* [[Heinz]] (Ivory Coast, Turkey, Zimbabwe)
 
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* [[Hollinger, Inc.]] - Director
 
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* [[Merck]]
 
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* [[Volvo]]
 
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* [[Warburg]] <ref>Sources needed</ref>
 
  
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==Notes==
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Kissinger Associates has strategic alliances with several firms, including:
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*APCO Worldwide, formed October 12th, 2004 <ref>{{cite web
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|url=http://www.apcoworldwide.com/content/newsroom/press_releases/10_12_04.cfm
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|title=Kissinger Associates, APCO Join in Strategic Alliance
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|date=October 12th, 2004
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|publisher=APCO Worldwide}}</ref>
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*The [[Blackstone Group]]<ref> {{web cite
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|url=http://www.blackstone.com/mergers/stalliances.html
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|title=Strategic alliances
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|publisher=the Blackstone Group}}</ref>, an investment and advisory firm
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*[[Hakluyt & Company]]<ref>{{web cite
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|url=http://www.smithbrandon.com/news.aspx?id=39
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|title=Survey - Corporate Security: The top players in intelligence industry
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|publisher=Financial Times
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|author=Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson
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|date=April 10th, 2001}}</ref>, a corporate investigation firm
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*[[Covington & Burling]], the international law firm, since 2003.<ref>{{cite news
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|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/416939251.html?dids=416939251:416939251&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT&fmac=&date=OCT+02%2C+2003&author=Judy+Sarasohn&desc=Making+an+Alliance+Official
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|last=Sarasohn
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|first=Judy
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|title=Making an Alliance Official
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|publisher=[[Washington Post]]
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|date=October 2nd, 2003}}</ref> 
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Prominent staff have included:
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*[[L. Paul Bremer]], former managing director.  Former Iraq Director of Reconstruction.
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*[[Nelson Cunningham]], managing partner at Kissinger McLarty
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*[[Lawrence Eagleburger]], former partner<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1992_rpt/bcci/20kiss.htm
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|title=BCCI and Kissinger Associates
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|author=[[John Kerry]] & [[Hank Brown]]
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|work=The BCCI Affair
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|publisher=[[United States Congress]]}}</ref>
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*[[Richard W. Fisher]] - President, [[Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas]] [http://www.dallasfed.org/news/bios/fisher.html]
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*[[Timothy F. Geithner]] - president, the [[Federal Reserve Bank of New York]]
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*[[J. Stapleton Roy]], vice-chairman.  Senior U.S. diplomat.
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*[[Brent Scowcroft]], former vice-chairman.  Former [[National Security Advisor (United States)|United States National Security Advisor]].
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Directors have included:
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*[[Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington|Lord Carrington]], from 1982.<ref name=Oberdorfer>
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{{cite news
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|url=https://secure.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/124943422.html?dids=124943422:124943422&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT&fmac=&date=AUG+24%2C+1982&author=By+Don+Oberdorfer+Washington+Post+Staff+Writer&desc=Kissinger%27s+New+Team
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|last=Oberdorfer
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|first=Don
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|title=Kissinger's New Team
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|publisher=[[Washington Post]]
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|date=August 24th, 1982}}</ref> Secretary-General of [[NATO]]
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*[[Pehr G. Gyllenhammar]], from 1982.<ref name=Oberdorfer/> Chairman, [[Volvo]]
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*[[William D. Rogers]], from 1982.<ref name=Oberdorfer/> Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs under Nixon
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*[[Eric Roll]], from 1984<ref name=gilpin>{{cite news
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|last=Gilpin
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|first=Kenneth N.
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|title=Eagleburger Is Joining Kissinger Associates
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|publisher=[[New York Times]]
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|date=June 1st, 1984
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|url=http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F2081FFE3E5F0C728CDDAF0894DC484D81}}
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</ref>. Chairman [[S.G. Warburg & Co]]
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*[[William E. Simon]], from 1984<ref name=gilpin/>.  [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] under Nixon
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*[[Saburo Okita]]<ref name=gelb/>, former Japanese Foreign Minister
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*
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*[[Étienne Davignon]]<ref>{{cite web
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|url=http://cordis.europa.eu/esprit/src/biodavig.htm
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|title=Etienne Davignon delivers the plenary address on the third day of EITC 97
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|publisher=European Union Publications Office}}</ref> Former European Commissioner.
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*[[Gary Falle]], Falle Strategies
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==Known corporate clients==
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A selected list of the more notable companies (from over two dozen in total) since 1982; his directorships where applicable; and some countries where known advice/contacts were used:
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*[[American Express]] - Director (Hungary, Japan)
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*[[American International Group]] - Director, International Advisory Committee (Argentina, China, South Korea)
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*[[Atlantic Richfield]]
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*[[Chase Manhattan Bank]] (now [[JPMorgan Chase]]) - Chairman, International Advisory Committee
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*[[Coca-Cola]] (Malaysia)
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*[[Fiat]]
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*[[Freeport-McMoRan]] - Director (Burma, Indonesia, Panama)
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*[[H. J. Heinz Company|Heinz]] (Ivory Coast, Turkey, Zimbabwe)
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*[[Hollinger, Inc.]] - Director
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*[[Merck & Co.|Merck]]
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*[[Volvo]]
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*[[Warburg]]
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==further reading, notes etc==
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===Further reading===
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*Isaacson, Walter, ''Kissinger: A Biography'', New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992, updated 2005.
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==References==
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<references />
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===External link==
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*[http://www.kmaglobal.com/ Kissinger McLarty Associates]
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*[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kissinger_Associates%2C_Inc. Kissinger Associates, Inc. by SourceWatch]
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===Notes===
 
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Revision as of 11:30, 18 September 2007

Kissinger Associates, Inc., founded in 1982, is a New York City-based international consulting firm and geopolitical fixing house, founded and run by Henry Kissinger. The firm helps clients to identify strategic partners and investment opportunities, and advises clients on government relations throughout the world.

Kissinger Associates does not disclose its list of corporate clients, and reportedly bars clients from acknowledging the relationship.[1] However, over time details from proxy statements and the tendency of senior businessmen to talk about their relationship with Kissinger have leaked out and a number of major corporate clients have been identified (see list below).[2]

The secrecy of their corporate client list has caused problems where Kissinger or a member of his staff were called to public service. In 1989, George Bush nominated Lawrence Eagleburger as his Deputy Secretary of State. Congress required that Eagleburger disclose the names of 16 clients, some of which were his through his Kissinger Associates affiliation.[3]. More recently, Kissinger himself was appointed chairman of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States by George W. Bush. Congressional Democrats insisted that Kissinger disclose the names of clients. Kissinger and President Bush claimed that such disclosures were not necessary, but Kissinger ultimately stepped down, citing conflicts of interest.

In 1999, Mack McLarty, joined Kissinger to open Kissinger McLarty Associates, the firm's office on Eighteenth and K streets in Washington, D.C.[4]. McLarty was White House Chief of Staff under Bill Clinton. Kissinger McLarty is a corporate member of the Council of the Americas, the New York-based business organization established by David Rockefeller in 1965.[4]

Kissinger Associates is located in River House on Park Avenue at Fifty-first Street, in a building also occupied by Peter Peterson's Blackstone Group. It was established in July, 1982 after loans had been secured from Goldman Sachs and a consortium of three other banks. These loans were paid out in two years; by 1987 annual revenues had reached $5 million.[5]

Associated organizations and individuals

Kissinger Associates has strategic alliances with several firms, including:

Prominent staff have included:


Directors have included:

Known corporate clients

A selected list of the more notable companies (from over two dozen in total) since 1982; his directorships where applicable; and some countries where known advice/contacts were used:

further reading, notes etc

Further reading

  • Isaacson, Walter, Kissinger: A Biography, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992, updated 2005.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kissinger Means Business.  New York Times.
  2. ↑ Corporate clients identified - see Walter Isaacson, Kissinger: A Biography, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992, (updated 2005). (pp.730-51)
  3. ↑ Disclosure Sought From Policy Group. May 20th, 1989.  New York Times
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Template:Web cite
  5. ↑ Location and revenues - see Isaacson, Kissinger, op.cit. (p.732)
  6. ↑ Kissinger Associates, APCO Join in Strategic Alliance.  APCO Worldwide.
  7. ↑ Template:Web cite
  8. ↑ Template:Web cite
  9. ↑ Making an Alliance Official. October 2nd, 2003.  Washington Post
  10. ↑ BCCI and Kissinger Associates.  The BCCI Affair. United States Congress.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Kissinger's New Team. August 24th, 1982.  Washington Post
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Eagleburger Is Joining Kissinger Associates. June 1st, 1984.  New York Times
  13. ↑ Etienne Davignon delivers the plenary address on the third day of EITC 97.  European Union Publications Office.


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