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Jan 9, 2023 · Summit Host Chairman Henry R. Kravis, with his daughter Kimberly, broadcast journalist Barbara Walters and prominent constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz at the Academy of Achievement’s 1991 Summit in New York City. In 1988, KKR won a five-week bidding war to control RJR Nabisco, the 19th largest corporation in the U.S.
At age 61, Kohlberg resigned in 1987 (he later founded his own private equity firm, Kohlberg & Co.), and Henry Kravis succeeded him as senior partner. Under Kravis and Roberts, the firm was responsible for the 1988 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco. RJR Nabisco was the largest buyout in history at that time, at $25 billion, and remained the ...
Jan 5, 2024 · Published on 05 JAN 2024. In this episode of Goldman Sachs Exchanges: Great Investors, Henry Kravis, co-founder and co-executive chairman of KKR, discusses the evolution of the private equity industry and KKR’s journey through that transition, the lessons he’s learned from leading the firm, and his views on the economy and markets.
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 ...
Oct 11, 2021 · Topline. 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 ...
On Monday, after Kravis and Roberts announced their departure, the shares neared a new record high. However, the shares retreated over the rest of the day, closing 0.1 per cent lower at $65.43 ...
Jun 5, 2023 · The making of an icon: How Henry Kravis became synonymous with the rise of private equity. Widely considered the pioneer of private equity, Henry Kravis and KKR, the storied firm he co-founded, shaped the landscape of modern finance. How did he become one of the most formidable Wall Street dealmakers and what essential trait he believes makes a ...
