Kravis, Henry

Quick Facts

Co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR)
Kohlberg resigned from KKR in 1987 and Henry Kravis and George Roberts assumed full leadership of the firm
Kohlberg preferred to acquire smaller, middle market companies as opposed to the mega buyouts (RJR Nabisco, etc.)
“A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath him or her.”
Worth around $5.5 billion (2008)
Education: Claremont McKenna College undergrad, Columbia MBA