---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-214185"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CG"
cik: "0001527166"
company_name: "Carlyle Group Inc."
filed_at: "2022-08-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T02:46:05.329466+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carlyle CEO Kewsong Lee Steps Down; Co-Founder Bill Conway Appointed Interim CEO

## Summary
- Kewsong Lee steps down as CEO and Board member effective Aug 7, 2022; serves as Senior Advisor through year-end.
- Co-Founder William E. Conway, current Non-Executive Co-Chairman and former Co-CEO, named Interim CEO.
- Board forms Search Committee comprising Lawton Fitt, Anthony Welters, Linda Filler, Derica Rice to find permanent CEO.
- Office of the CEO established; includes CIO Peter Clare, CFO Curtis Buser, COO Christopher Finn to support transition.
- Reaffirms 2022 Fee Related Earnings target of $850M; AUM $376B as of June 30, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-214185
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CG
- cik: 0001527166
- company_name: Carlyle Group Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-08-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527166/000119312522214185/0001193125-22-214185-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527166/000119312522214185/d418314d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-214185
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-214185.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-214185.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kewsong Lee was appointed as Senior Advisor at Carlyle Group Inc..
  - Action: serve as
  - Role: Senior Advisor
  source text: Mr. Lee will serve as a Senior Advisor through the end of the year in order to assist with the transition.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527166/000119312522214185/0001193125-22-214185-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kewsong Lee departed as Chief Executive Officer at Carlyle Group Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On August 7, 2022, The Carlyle Group Inc. (the “Company”) announced that the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) and its Chief Executive Officer, Kewsong Lee, have mutually agreed that Mr. Lee will step down as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board, effective as of such date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527166/000119312522214185/0001193125-22-214185-index.htm
- Executive change
  William E. Conway was appointed as interim Chief Executive Officer at Carlyle Group Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: The Board has appointed William E. Conway to serve as interim Chief Executive Officer until a permanent successor to Mr. Lee has been appointed.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527166/000119312522214185/0001193125-22-214185-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.