KKR & Co. L.P. (known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.) is an American multinational private equity firm, specializing in leveraged buyouts, headquartered in New York City. The firm sponsors and manages private equity investment funds. A pioneer in the leveraged buyout industry, the firm has completed over $400 billion of private equity transactions since its inception.
The firm 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. Since its founding, KKR has completed a number of landmark transactions including the 1989 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco, which was the largest buyout in history to that point, as well as the 2007 buyout of TXU, which is currently the largest buyout completed to date. KKR has completed investments in over 160 companies since 1977, completing at least one investment in every year except in 1982 and in 1990.
KKR has 13 additional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. The firm is currently located in the Solow Building (9 W. 57th Street), but recently announced its intentions to occupy a newly constructed 30 Hudson Yards.
KKR创建于1976年5月1日, 是直接投资领域的创始人,也是全球领先的直接投资管理公司。KKR以完成庞大而复杂的直接投资交易著称,并一直致力于投资并支持在全球各行各业中占据领导地位的企业。KKR在世界范围内拥有一个汇集金融界、企业界精英的庞大资源网络,并一直注重通过充分利用KKR的全球资源帮助所投资企业提升运营管理水平,创造长远企业价值。公司一贯以诚信、公平著称,并长期保持着卓越的投资业绩。
KKR的业务遍及全球,在纽约、华盛顿、旧金山、休斯敦、伦敦、巴黎、香港、北京、东京、悉尼、首尔和孟买等城市均设有办事处。与此同时,公司致力于建立统一、团结的企业文化。KKR专业的投资团队以其丰富的投资经验和管理专识,协助被投资公司的高级管理层策划企业的长远策略,以实现支撑战略发展的最佳资本结构,为公司配备能够提升其业务实力的全球性资源,并与公司管理团队一道为股东创造价值。