Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP (KKR)
Company description
KKR & Co. L.P. (formerly known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.) is an American multinational private equity firm, specializing in leveraged buyouts. The firm sponsors and manages private equity investment funds. Since its inception, the firm has completed over US$400 billion of private equity transactions and was a pioneer in the leveraged buyout industry.
The firm was founded in 1976 by Jerome Kohlberg, Jr., and cousins Henry Kravis and George R. Roberts. KKR invests primarily through leveraged buyouts as well as growth capital investments (including "PIPE" investments in public companies). It has traditionally specialized in private equity investments, focusing on specific industry sectors where the firm has created nine dedicated investment groups. The industries in which KKR has developed a specialization include: chemicals, consumer products, energy & natural resources, financial services, health care, industrial, media and communications, retail, and technology.
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Company updates
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December 31, 2019
TC Energy sells 65% stakes in Coastal GasLink pipeline
TC Energy Corporation has entered into an agreement to sell a 65% equity interest in the Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project (Coastal GasLink or the Project) to KKR and Alberta Investment Management Corp...
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December 26, 2019
KKR Sells European Locomotive Leasing to AXA Investment Managers and Crédit Agricole Assurances
KKR announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which a consortium formed by AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets, acting on behalf of its clients (AXA IM – Real Assets) and Cré...
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December 23, 2019
KKR and GIC complete investment in Metro Pacific Hospitals
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and GIC Private Ltd. have completed an investment of PHP 35.3 billion (US$ 0.69 billion) in the hospital unit of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. Metro Pa...
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November 06, 2019
HRADF receives 10 bids for Athens Airport stake
Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has received 10 bids from interested parties in acquiring the 30% stake in Athens International Airport. The Greek government owns a 55% st...
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November 05, 2019
KKR closes European Fund V with EUR5.8bn commitment
KKR, a leading global investment firm, has reached the final closing of European Fund V, an EUR5.8 billion (US$6.423 billion) fund focused on private equity-related transactions in the core mark...
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October 21, 2019
MPIC Raises PHP 35.3 billion (US$ 686 million) from KKR’s Investment in Hospital Unit
Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), global investment firm KKR, and GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, announced the signing of certain definitive agreements under which KKR and a...
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October 15, 2019
KKR closes acquisition of the majority stakes in Hyperoptic
KKR has completed the acquisition of the majority stake in Hyperoptic Ltd, the UK’s largest residential gigabit broadband provider, from funds managed by Newlight Partners LP (Newlight) and...
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June 25, 2019
Atlantia appoints advisors for sell of 30 % stake in Telepass
Benetton family backed company Atlantia is selling its 30% stake in toll-road payment unit Telepass. Atlantia has appointed Goldman Sachs and Mediobanca to advice them in the transaction. At...
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June 10, 2019
EQT withdraws US$ 2.3 billion buyout offer for Vocus Group
EQT Infrastructure has withdrawn the buyout offer to Austrian telecom company Vocus. EQT offered AUD 3.3 billion (US$ 2.3 billion) to Vocus, which was 35% premium to Vocus' closing share price at...
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March 21, 2019
KKR hires Managing Director
Waldemar Szlezak has joined KKR in New York as a Managing Director on the Infrastructure team. Mr. Szlezak now leads KKR’s communications infrastructure investments in the Americas, among o...
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