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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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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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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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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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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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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But once you buy a company, you are married. You are married to that company.
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It's one of the most important things at the end of the day, being able to say no to an investment.
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You only have one thing to sell in life, and that's yourself.
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Going public is not a business plan.
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And make sure that capital structure we have in place is the right capital structure. I think that's the reason that we've been successful.