Kohlberg Kravis Roberts

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 63. Chapters: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts companies, Safeway Inc., Seven Network, U.S. Foodservice, Nielsen ratings, Toys "R" Us, Henry Kravis, Nielsen Company, Alliance Boots, Randall's Food Markets, Regal Entertainment Group, Northgate Information Solutions, Hospital Corporation of America, Dollar General, Beatrice Foods, NXP Semiconductors, Shoppers Drug Mart, Motel 6, First Data, Borden, Primedia, Jerome Kohlberg, Jr., ProSiebenSat.1 Media, Wometco Home Theater, Energy Future Holdings, George R. Roberts, TDC A/S, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, Kohlberg & Company, MTU Aero Engines, Avago Technologies, SunGard, Biomet, Maxeda, Accel-KKR, Masonite International. Excerpt: KKR & Co. L.P. (formerly known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.) (NYSE: KKR) is a global private equity firm, specializing in leveraged buyouts, based in New York, New York. The firm sponsors and manages private equity investment funds. Since its inception, the firm has completed over $400 billion of private equity transactions and was a pioneer in the leveraged buyout industry. In March 2010, KKR filed to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), with trading commencing on July 15, 2010. 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 1982 and 1990. KKR is headquartered in New York City with thirteen additional offices in the US, Europe and Asia. In October 2009, KKR listed shares in the company, through KKR & Co. an affiliate that holds 30% of the firm's ownership equity, with the remainder held by the firm's partners. KKR is operated by its managing partners Henry Kravis and George R. Roberts and a team of approximately 140 investment professionals and 400 total employees, organized into industry focused groups. KKR is headquartered in the Solow Building at 9 West 57th Street in New York City and has offices in Menlo Park, San Francisco, Houston, Washington, DC, London, Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Beijing, Mumbai, Dubai, Seoul and Sydney. KKR invests primarily through leveraged buyouts as well as growth capital investments (including "PIPE" investments in public companies). It specializ