Search results
KKR & Co. Inc., also known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., is an American global investment company. As of December 31, 2023, the firm had completed private equity investments in portfolio companies with approximately $710 billion of total enterprise value.
History. On May 1, 1976, Henry Kravis and George Roberts co-founded KKR alongside their mentor Jerome Kohlberg with $120,000, launching what we now know as the alternatives industry.
Feb 20, 2024 · Henry Kravis is regarded as a pioneer of the private equity industry. He co-founded Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., KKR, a leveraged buyout company, in 1976. As of 2024, Kravis' net...
Get to know the diverse and dedicated global team of experts working for investment excellence at KKR. Learn about their commitment to creating value for our clients.
Oct 5, 2021 · Not far behind are two cofounders of private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts (KKR): George Roberts and Henry Kravis, worth $9 billion and $8.5 billion, respectively.
Oct 11, 2021 · Henry Kravis and George Roberts, the private equity titans who founded KKR with Jerome Kohlberg Jr. in 1976, are handing over the keys. They defined the 1980s leverage buyout boom with the...
Oct 11, 2021 · Private equity tycoons George Roberts and Henry Kravis, the cousins whose storied firm KKR led many of the largest leveraged buyouts in history, have stepped down as co-chief executives...
Oct 11, 2021 · Oct 11 (Reuters) - KKR & Co Inc (KKR.N) said on Monday it has elevated its co-presidents Scott Nuttall and Joseph Bae to co-chief executive officers, succeeding the storied private equity...
Oct 11, 2021 · Cousins Kravis and Roberts, who founded KKR (formerly Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co) with Jerome Kohlberg in 1976, are considered to be among the founding fathers of the asset class. The pair were pioneers of the leveraged buyout model, rising to fame with the $25 billion hostile takeover of food tobacco conglomerate RJR Nabisco in 1988 which ...
Led by founders, Henry Kravis and George Roberts, KKR specialized in large, complex buyouts. In 2010, KKR had $61 billion of assets under management, of which $46.2 billion was allocated to private equity.