KKR & Co. Inc.

KKR & Co. Inc. is a leading global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and, through its strategic partners, hedge funds. Founded in 1976 and headquartered in New York City, KKR has a team of more than 1,900 professionals operating from 31 offices in 18 countries across North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.

The firm specializes in direct and fund of fund investments, including acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, credit special situations, growth equity, mature, mezzanine, distressed, turnaround, lower middle market and middle market investments. It considers investments in all industries, with a focus on software, security, semiconductors, consumer electronics, internet of things (IoT), internet, information services, information technology infrastructure, financial technology, network and cyber security architecture, engineering and operations, content, technology and hardware, energy and infrastructure, real estate, services industry with a focus on business services, intelligence, industry-leading franchises and companies in natural resource, containers and packaging, agriculture, airports, ports, forestry, electric utilities, textiles, apparel and luxury goods, household durables, digital media, insurance, brokerage houses, non-durable goods distribution, supermarket retailing, grocery stores, food, beverage, and tobacco, hospitals, entertainment venues and production companies, publishing, printing services, capital goods, financial services, specialized finance, pipelines, and renewable energy.

In addition to its investments in traditional asset classes, KKR also seeks to make impact investments focused on identifying and investing behind businesses with positive social or environmental impact. The firm has a global reach, investing in mid to high-end residential developments in Mainland China, Australia, emerging and developed Asia, Middle East and Africa, Nordic, Southeast Asia, Asia Pacific, Ireland, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, India, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Caribbean, Mexico, South America, North America, Brazil, Latin America, Korea with a focus on South Korea, and United States of America.

The firm typically invests between $30 million to $717 million in companies with enterprise values between $500 million to $2389 million, and seeks to take a board seat in its portfolio companies and a controlling ownership of a company or a strategic minority positions. It may acquire majority and minority equity interests, particularly when making private equity investments in Asia or sponsoring investments as part of a large investor consortium. KKR typically holds its investment for a period of five to seven years and more, and exits through initial public offerings, secondary offerings, and sales to strategic buyers.