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Private equity titan David Rubenstein calls for second Brexit vote

PE firm’s co-founder says the ‘first vote was not relatively informed because it wasn’t clear what Brexit would mean’

David Rubenstein
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David Rubenstein, a founder of US private equity firm Carlyle Group, has waded into the Brexit debate and called for a second referendum.

Speaking at the SuperReturn private equity conference in Berlin, Rubenstein said that another vote on the UK’s membership in the European Union was the only solution that makes sense as people lacked the information about what Brexit would entail before the first referendum

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