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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Kohlberg_Kravis_RobertsKohlberg Kravis Roberts - Wikipedia

    Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. KKR & Co. Inc., also known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., is an American global investment company. As of December 31, 2023 [update], the firm had completed private equity investments in portfolio companies with approximately $710 billion of total enterprise value. [ 2 ]: 8 Its assets under management (AUM) and fee ...

  2. moneyweek.com › 404450 › profile-of-jerome-kohlbergHow Jerome Kohlberg became the spiritual father of private ...

    Aug 14, 2015 · Having pioneered the original leveraged buyout model (see below), Kohlberg is, as Fortune notes, "the spiritual father" of the $2.6trn modern private equity industry. The novelist Tom Wolfe coined ...

  3. pitchbook.com › news › articlesEnd of an era: A timeline of Kravis and Roberts’ legacy at KKR

    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 was immortalized in the book “Barbarians at the ...

  4. finance.yahoo.com › news › end-era-timeline-kravisEnd of an era: A timeline of Kravis and Roberts' legacy at KKR

    Oct 11, 2021 · In this article: After nearly half a century in charge, the founders of private equity giant KKR, Henry Kravis and George Roberts, have stepped down as co-CEOs and handed the reins over to Joe Bae ...

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jerome_Kohlberg_JrJerome Kohlberg Jr. - Wikipedia

    Jerome Kohlberg Jr. (July 10, 1925 – July 30, 2015) was an American businessman and investor. He was an early pioneer in the private equity and leveraged buyout industries founding private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and later Kohlberg & Company .

  6. www.kkr.com › about › historyThe 80-year journey of an industrialist | KKR

    In 1976, along with Jerome "Jerry" Kohlberg, an experienced financier in the buyout business, we founded the investment firm KKR in the United States. KKR stands for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Jerry, who is deceased, left the company in 1987, but we have kept the original name. George and I have made all decisions together until we gradually ...

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  8. www.ft.com › content › d8d32f1e-3c38-11e5-bbd1-b37bcJerome Kohlberg, senior founder of KKR, 1925-2015

    Aug 7, 2015 · Born in New York on July 10 1925, Kohlberg served in the US Navy in the second world war and drew on funds for returning GIs to earn a Harvard MBA and a law degree from Columbia. He is survived by ...