Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is an investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and, through its strategic partners, hedge funds. The company generates attractive investment returns for its fund investors through a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and driving growth and value creation with KKR portfolio companies. The company invests its own capital alongside the capital it manages for fund investors and delivers financing solutions and investment opportunities through its capital markets business. The firm has completed more than two-hundred-eighty private equity investments in portfolio companies with approximately $545 billion of total enterprise value as of June 30, 2017. Assets Under Management (“AUM”) and Fee Paying Assets Under Management (“FPAUM”) were $153 billion and $114 billion, respectively as of September 30, 2017.Jerome Kohlberg, Jr. and cousins Henry Kravis and George R. Roberts, all of whom had previously worked together at Bear Stearns, where the three completed some of the leveraged buyout transactions founded the company. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has completed a number of transactions including the 1989 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco, which was a large buyout in history to that point, as well as the 2007 buyout of TXU, which is currently also a large buyout completed to date since its founding.Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has offices in 21 cities in 16 countries across 5 continents. The firm is currently headquartered in the Solow Building, New York, but in October 2015, the firm announced its intentions to occupy a newly constructed 30 Hudson Yards.In October 2009, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts listed shares in the company through KKR & Co., an affiliate that holds 30% of the firm's ownership equity, with the remainder held by the firm's partners. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts filed to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in March 2010, with trading commencing four months later, on July 15, 2010.It was founded on 1976 and is headquartered in New York.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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Nov 4, 2016 | Post-IPO Equity | — | 1 | — | — | Detail |
Jul 23, 2010 | IPO | — | — | — | — | Detail |
Announced Date | Fund Name | Money Raised | |
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Oct 27, 2022 | KKR Asia Pacific Infrastructure Fund II | $6B | |
Jul 15, 2022 | KKR ASSET-BASED FINANCE FUND | $2.10B | |
May 24, 2022 | KKR Inaugural Asia Credit Opportunities Fund | $1.10B | |
Apr 25, 2022 | KKR North America Fund XIII | $19B | |
Apr 5, 2022 | European buyout fund | $6.60B |
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Company Name
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Round | Money Raised | Industry | Lead Investor |
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May 19, 2023
Restaurant365
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Private Equity(PE) | $135M | Accounting | Yes |
May 19, 2023
EQuest Education Group
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Private Equity(PE) | $120M | Education | Yes |
May 1, 2023
Serentica Renewables
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Private Equity(PE) | $250M | Renewable Energy | Yes |
Apr 11, 2023
FGS Global
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Private Equity(PE) | — | Advice | Yes |
Feb 1, 2023
Groundworks Companies
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Private Equity(PE) | — | Building Maintenance | Yes |
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
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Covey Capital Advisors | — | Post-IPO Equity |
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has had 99 exits. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts most notable exits include Policygenius , AcuFocus
Date | Company Name | Exit Type | Industry | |
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Apr 25, 2023 | Policygenius | M&A | Finance | Detail |
Jan 17, 2023 | AcuFocus | M&A | Health Care | Detail |
Nov 9, 2022 | Five Star Business Finance | IPO | Banking | Detail |
Jul 1, 2022 | GfK | M&A | Consulting | Detail |
Jun 28, 2022 | Petainer | M&A | Developer Platform | Detail |
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has acquired 167 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Borden Chemical on Jan 1, 1995. They acquired Borden Chemical for 0.
Date
Company Name
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Industry | Acquisition Type | Price | |
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Jan 1, 1995
Borden Chemical
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Manufacturing | — | — | Detail |
Dec 3, 2002
Legrand
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Electronics | acquisition | — | Detail |
Mar 5, 2004
Sealy
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Health Care | acquisition | $ 1.50B | Detail |
Apr 20, 2004
PanAmSat
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Content | acquisition | — | Detail |
Jun 30, 2004
Auto-Teile-Unger
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Logistics | acquisition | — | Detail |