Henry Kravis
Henry Kravis
Henry R. Kravisis an American businessman. He is the co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., a private equity firm with $94.3 billion in assets as of December 31, 2013. He has an estimated net worth of $4.8 billion as of September 2015, ranked by Forbes as the 108th richest man in America and the 278th richest man in the world...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth6 January 1944
CountryUnited States of America
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The Asian markets will have a pivotal global influence in the coming decades and will offer significant investment opportunities for both KKR and our existing portfolio companies, ... As the role of private equity in Asia grows and is further defined, KKR will carefully assess the landscape and determine the most appropriate ways to be a leading participant in that process.
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My father wanted me to go into the oil business. He was in the oil and gas business as a consulting petroleum engineer up in Tulsa.
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In hindsight, I wouldn't trade it for anything. It's been just a phenomenal career for me so far, and I don't see any reason why I should change.
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Our job really begins the day we buy the company, and we start working with the management, we start working with where this company is headed.
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Maybe its because my father was so successful in a totally different field, but I found working in a small environment just a great joy.
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My next summer I worked in the research department of Goldman Sachs, and my last summer I was in institutional sales and corporate finance.
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The Asian markets will have pivotal global significance in the coming decades and will offer significant investment opportunities for both KKR and our existing portfolio companies.
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Look, don't congratulate us when we buy a company, congratulate us when we sell it. Because any fool can overpay and buy a company, as long as money will last to buy it.
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So I picked a field where I had a little exposure. Where I thought I could have an enormous challenge, and have a chance to really do some good, to be a pioneer in an area, and not just be like everyone else.
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Quite frankly, the financial community has to improve its image. The financial community has to be much more transparent than it is.
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Whales who come up and spout off get harpooned.
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Our industry expertise (at KKR) enables the firm not only to make better investment choices but also to win the confidence of senior management and sellers, which has enabled us to purchase many companies on an exclusive basis.
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In the large buy out space, which is where we (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) focus our efforts, there are relatively few firms with the capital, experience, infrastructure and networks to compete effectively with the large complex companies that we seek to acquire.
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But once you buy a company, you are married. You are married to that company.