Henry Kravis
Henry R. Kravis (born January 6, 1944 in Tulsa , Oklahoma ) is an American investor. He is co-owner of the large investment company ( private equity investment) Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), which in Germany by the joint acquisition (with 2006 Permira of) ProSiebenSat.1 Media was known.
His fortune was founded in February 2020 from Forbes to 6.4 billion US dollars estimated.
In 2015 he took part in the 63rd Bilderberg Conference in Telfs-Buchen in Austria .
Before KKR
Kravis studied economics at Claremont McKenna College until 1967 and made his MBA at Columbia Business School in 1969 . In New York, he worked under Jerome Kohlberg, Jr. with his cousin George Rosenberg Roberts at Bear Stearns , where he quickly became a partner.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
The three started their own business under the name Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in 1976 as a leveraged buy-out company, but Kohlberg left in 1987. In the United States, KKR became known through the spectacular USD 31.4 billion takeover battle for RJR Nabisco (mother of RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company ) in 1989, the books such as "The Nabisco Story: a company is looted (Barbarians at the gate)" by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar and a TV movie.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Henry Kravis . Forbes . Retrieved February 24, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kravis, Henry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kravis, Henry R. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American businessman and billionaire |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tulsa |