KKR & Co.

KKR & Co. Inc., also known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., is an American investment firm that serves institutional investors, wealth investors, family offices, and companies across a variety of industries and markets. KKR operates across three business areas: asset management (public and private credit, private equity, infrastructure, real estate and capital markets), insurance (Global Atlantic) and Strategic Holdings. As of March 31, 2026, KKR had assets under management (AUM) of approximately $758 billion, making it one of the world's largest alternative asset management firms. KKR was founded in 1976 by Jerome Kohlberg Jr., and cousins Henry Kravis and George R. Roberts, all of whom had previously worked together at Bear Stearns, where they completed some of the earliest leveraged buyout transactions. In 2021, Joseph Bae and Scott Nuttall were named co-CEOs of KKR after serving as co-presidents since 2017. KKR is headquartered in New York and has offices in Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Boston, Copenhagen, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Gurugram, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Menlo Park, Miami, Mumbai, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Washington, D.C., and Zurich. Notable deals include the buyout of RJR Nabisco in 1989, the sale of CHI Overhead Doors in 2022, which was recognized as that year's Deal of the Year in Buyouts, and KKR acquired insurance company Global Atlantic (completed in 2024). KKR was ranked first on Private Equity International's PEI 300 list in 2022 and 2024 and has received a variety of awards globally in Infrastructure Investor for 5 consecutive years (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).