Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., also known as KRR & Co. for short, is a private equity firm based out of New York. The company was originally founded by Jerome Kohlberg, Jr., Henry Kravis and George R. Roberts in 1976. The new company would complete its first buyout of A. J. Industries just one year later and buy Houdaille Industries in 1979. KRR & Co. would continue with another series of buyouts in the 1980s including Malone & Hyde, Wometco Enterprises, and Jim Walter Corporation and founder Jerome Kohlberg would retire in 1987. The company would complete the buyout of RJR Nabisco in 1989 and sell off portions of the company until it no longer had any remaining ownership in the company by 1995. KRR & Co. would then open its London office in 1998, developing its European investment platform. The company would then launch its credit investing platform in 2006 and further expand its global presence in Asia with its new Hong Kong and Tokyo offices in 2007. The company would have another series of buyouts in the 2000s, including companies such as HCA, NCP Semiconductors, Dollar General, Biomet, First Data, and TXU. In 2009, the company would expand to the Middle East and India with offices in Dubai and Mumbai and create its dedicated infrastructure and energy platforms. The company currently holds approximately $75 billion in total assets under management spread across 64 discretionary accounts. KRR & Co. has over 500 employees taking care of its clients, which include pooled investment vehicles, the largest group that mkes up two thirds of its client base, pension and profit sharing plans, corporations, insurance companies, and others. The company invests most heavily in the consumer staples sector, which alone makes up over two thirds of its total allocations, and also invests in the health care sector and others to a lesser degree.