David Petraeus is a partner in investment firm KKR, chairman of the KKR Global Institute, a strategic advisor for Sempra and Advanced Navigation, and director of Optiv and OneStream. He’s the Kissinger Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson School and has taught at the University of Southern California and City University of New York Honors College, among others. Notably, Petraeus was CIA director and a general with over 37 years of service in the U.S. Army, including command of U.S. Central Command and of coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Co-author of “Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine,” his current service includes co-chair of the Woodrow Wilson Institute’s Global Advisory Council and membership in the Trilateral Commission and Aspen Strategy Group.
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