# Russell Carson

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| birth_date  = {{birth year and age|1943}}
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| known_for   = Founder of [Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe](/source/Welsh%2C_Carson%2C_Anderson_%26_Stowe)
| alma_mater  = [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College) <small>([A.B.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))</small><br>[Columbia Business School](/source/Columbia_Business_School) <small>([M.B.A.](/source/Master_of_Business_Administration))</small>
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'''Russell L. Carson''' (born 1943) is a co-founder and General Partner at [private equity firm](/source/private_equity_firm) [Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe](/source/Welsh%2C_Carson%2C_Anderson_%26_Stowe).<ref name="dart">[https://www.dartmouth.edu/~trustees/emeriti/ Dartmouth Trustee Emeritus List]</ref>

==Early life and career==
Carson attended public high school in [Toledo, Ohio](/source/Toledo%2C_Ohio). He then matriculated at [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College), graduating with an A.B. in economics in 1965.  After Dartmouth, Carson attended [Columbia Business School](/source/Columbia_Business_School) and obtained an MBA in 1967.<ref name="columbia">[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/05/gift2.html Columbia Business School]</ref>  From 1967 to 1978, he worked at the Citicorp Venture Capital subsidiary of [Citicorp](/source/Citicorp), serving as its chairman and CEO from 1974 to 1978.  Carson left Citicorp to fund the private equity fund Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe.<ref name="dart"/>

He was a Trustee of the [Metropolitan Museum of Art](/source/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art) from 2003 to 2016 and is currently listed as a Trustee Emeriti.<ref>{{cite web| title=Annual Report for the Year 2009–2010| publisher=The Metropolitan Museum of Art| date=November 9, 2010| url=http://www.metmuseum.org/~/media/Files/About/Annual%20Reports/2009_2010/2010_Annual_Report.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Russell L. Carson: Philanthropy Profile {{!}} Metropolitan Museum of Art |url=https://patronview.com/patrons/russell-l-carson |website=Patron View |access-date=23 February 2026 |language=en}}</ref> This is perhaps due to his contribution to the reinstallation of the [Tombs of Perneb and Raemkai](/source/Tomb_of_Perneb) and surrounding galleries of the museum.{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}}

Carson is Chairman of ''The Carson Family Charitable Trust'', which is a private foundation that he founded in 1991 along with family members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://millstein.law.columbia.edu/people/russell-carson|title=Russell Carson|website=Columbia Law School|accessdate=26 June 2023}}</ref>

He is Chair Emeritus of the [Rockefeller University](/source/Rockefeller_University)’s Board of Trustees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockefeller.edu/events-and-lectures/convocation-2019/convocation-russ-carson/|title=Russell L. Carson|website=The Rockefeller University|accessdate=26 June 2023}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Carson is married to his wife Judy and together they have two children.

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