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  • KKR
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (commonly referred to as KKR) is a New York City-based private equity firm that focuses primarily on late-stage leveraged buyout. It 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. KKR specializes in leveraged buyouts (LBO) and suggest that they developed the principle of creating a series of limited partnership to acquire various corporation which they deemed... full article at wikipedia

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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by nanette Aug 17, 2008

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