Henry Kravis

{ "bio": [ "Henry Kravis cofounded KKR with his cousin, George Roberts, and Jerome Kohlberg (d. 2015) in 1976.", "Kravis and Roberts gave up their co-CEO titles in 2021; both now serve as executive co-chairs. Kohlberg left the firm in 1987.", "The duo took KKR public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2010 and converted it into a corporation in 2018.", "KKR has some more than 250 portfolio companies and more than $600 billion in assets under management, making it one of the five largest private equity firms.", "Kravis donated $100 million to Columbia University Business School in 2010 and another $25 million in 2015." ], "about": [ "His economist wife, Marie-Josée Kravis, is president of the board of trustees at New York's Museum of Modern Art.", "In 1989, KKR orchestrated the $25 billion buyout of RJR Nabisco; the deal became the basis of the bestselling book \"Barbarians at the Gate.\"" ] }