General David Petraeus

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General David Petraeus
U.S. Army (Ret.); Former CIA Director; Chairman, KKR Global Institute

Friday, January 17, 2025 at 12:00 pm

The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches will present General David Petraeus on Friday, January 17, 2025 at Noon, at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.

General David Petraeus, U.S. Army (Ret.) is one of the leading battlefield commanders and strategists of our time. He served over 37 years in the U.S. military culminating his career with six consecutive commands as a general officer, five of which were in combat, including command of the Surge in Iraq, U.S. Central Command, and Coalition Force in Afghanistan. He subsequently served as Director of the CIA, following confirmation by the Senate by a vote of 94 to 0, during a period of significant achievements in the global war on terror.

General Petraeus is now a Partner with the global investment firm KKR and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute, which he established in mid-2013. He also serves on corporate boards, is the Kissinger Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson School, is a venture capitalist invested in more than 30 startups, and is the co-author, with Andrew Roberts, of the New York Times’ bestselling book, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Gaza.

General Petraeus graduated with distinction from the U.S. Military Academy, earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University in international relations and economics, and has held academic appointments at 5 universities in addition to his current position at Yale. He is currently Co-Chairman of the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Advisory Council, Senior Vice President of the Royal United Services Institute, and a member of the Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations, and Aspen Strategy Group, as well as the boards of the Atlantic Council, Institute for the Study of War, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.

His awards include four Defense Distinguished Service Medals, the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award, the Bronze Star Medal for Valor, the Combat Action Badge, the Ranger tab, and master parachutist wings. He has also been decorated by 14 foreign countries and is believed to be the only person in uniform to throw out the first pitch of a World Serie game and do the coin toss for a Super Bowl. He was runner-up to Vladimir Putin for Time Person of the Year in 2007, the Daily Telegraph Man of the Year, twice a Time 100 selectee, three times a Foreign Policy top public intellectual, Prospect magazine’s Public Intellectual of the Year, one of US News and World Report’s Top 25 Leaders, and sanctioned by Russia (in 2022).

Copies of Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Gaza will be available for purchase at the event thanks to a partnership with Pyramid Books. 

This event is now SOLD OUT. To be placed on the waiting list, please email info@forumclubpb.com.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 

PRESIDENT'S GOLD CIRCLE