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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. Initially only a U.S-focused private equity firm, today we are global, with multiple types of capital that we invest all over the world on behalf of our clients ...
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Oct 11, 2021 · Krista Schlueter for The New York Times. By Lauren Hirsch. Oct. 11, 2021. Henry Kravis and George Roberts, the private equity titans who founded KKR with Jerome Kohlberg Jr. in 1976, are...
- A Decade of Megabuck Deals: 1976-86
- The Going Gets Tougher: 1987-89
- Adapting and Thriving in The 1990s
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Jerome Kohlberg, Jr., was in charge of the corporate finance department at the Wall Street firm of Bear, Stearns & Co. when he devised or first utilized, in 1965, the technique later to be called the leveraged buyout. Kohlberg believed a company would be better managed if it were owned by a small group of highly motivated investors—often including ...
By this time, however, Kohlberg was now on his way out. After spending 1984 recovering from a serious illness, he returned to find that he was not needed or wanted by his younger partners. Kohlberg was disturbed by KKR’s ever more aggressive search for deals that disturbingly echoed the tactics of corporate raiders. He vetoed so many prospective de...
After the completion of the RJR Nabisco deal in February 1989, KKR did not make another LBO acquisition for three years, not because of any loss of nerve but due to the collapse of the junk-bond market, a growing reluctance of banks to lend for this purpose, and fewer corporate raiders to put companies into play. To some degree, KKR was a victim of...
Anreder, Steven S., “High-Wire Finance,” Barron’s,September 24, 1979, pp. 4-6, 8, 20. Arenson, Karen W., “Kohlberg’s Leveraged Success,” New York Times,September 29, 1980, pp. DI, D5. Bartlett, Sarah, The Money Machine,New York: Warner Books, 1991. Bianco, Anthony, “KKR Hears a New Word from Some Backers: ’No’,” Business Week,April 15, 1991, pp. 80...
Henry R. Kravis (New York) co-founded KKR in 1976 and serves as its Co-Executive Chairman. Prior to his current position, he was Co-Chief Executive Officer until 2021.
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