Kissinger Associates

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Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Template:Infobox organizationKissinger Associates, Inc. is a New York CityTemplate:Endashbased international geopolitical consulting firm, founded and run by Henry Kissinger from 1982 until his death in 2023. The firm assists its clients in identifying strategic partners and investment opportunities and advising them on government relations.

History

The firm was founded in 1982 by Henry Kissinger. In 1999 Mack McLarty joined Kissinger to expand the firm and its New York headquarters to open Kissinger McLarty Associates, with the firm's Washington office on 18th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.<ref name=CoA>Template:Cite web</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/> In January 2008, the two firms separated after just under a decade, and McLarty Associates, headed by Mack McLarty, became an independent firm based in Washington.<ref>http://www.maglobal.com maglobal.com</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Kissinger Associates was located for nearly 40 years at 350 Park Avenue at 51st Street, in a building formerly also occupied by Peter Peterson's Blackstone Group.<ref name="isaac732"/> It was established in July 1982 after loans had been secured from Goldman Sachs and a consortium of three other banks. These loans were repaid in two years; by 1987 annual revenues had reached $5 million.<ref name="isaac732">Isaacson, Kissinger, p.732.</ref>

Kissinger Associates does not disclose its clients under U.S. lobbying laws. The firm once threatened to sue Congress to resist a subpoena for its client list. It has in the past advised American Express, Anheuser-Busch, Coca-Cola, Daewoo, Midland Bank, H. J. Heinz, ITT Corporation, LM Ericsson, Fiat, and Volvo.<ref name="friends">Template:Cite news</ref> The firm belongs to the U.S.–Russia Business Council, a trade group that includes ExxonMobil, JPMorgan Chase, and Pfizer.<ref name="politico">Template:Cite news</ref>

Organization

Associated organizations

Kissinger Associates has had strategic alliances with several firms, including:

Prominent staff

Directors

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Clients

Kissinger Associates does not disclose its list of corporate clients, and reportedly bars clients from acknowledging the relationship.<ref name=gelb>Template:Cite web</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.<ref name="isaac730">Isaacson, Kissinger: A Biography, pp.730-751.</ref>

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 H. W. 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>Template:Cite news</ref> Later, 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.

A selected list of the more notable companies (from over two dozen in total) since 1982;<ref name="isaac730"/> his directorships where applicable; and some countries where known advice/contacts were used:

References

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Bibliography

  • Niall Ferguson, Kissinger: 1923-1968, New York: Penguin Press, 2015.
  • Walter Isaacson, Kissinger: A Biography, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992, updated 2005.
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