# KKR

> KKR is a New York-based global investment firm that has expanded far beyond the leveraged buyouts that made its name. It manages $796 billion across private equity, credit, infrastructure, real estate and other strategies, operates capital-markets businesses, and owns retirement-and-life insurer Global Atlantic. Its customers range from pension plans and sovereign wealth funds to family offices, financial advisers, eligible individual investors and companies seeking capital.

- **Founded:** 1976
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Jerome Kohlberg Jr. (Co-founder), Henry Kravis (Co-founder and Co-Executive Chairman), George Roberts (Co-founder and Co-Executive Chairman)
- **Team size:** 5,043 employees worldwide as of December 31, 2025
- **Products:** Private Equity, Credit and Capital Solutions, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Capital Markets
- **Notable:** Helped establish the modern leveraged-buyout and private-equity model after its 1976 founding., Completed the $25 billion RJR Nabisco buyout in 1989, then the largest leveraged buyout on record., Listed publicly in New York in 2010 and converted from a partnership to a corporation in 2018.

## Products & services

- **Private Equity** — Buyout, core private equity, growth equity and impact strategies for institutions and qualifying individuals.
- **Credit and Capital Solutions** — Leveraged credit, private credit, asset-based finance, opportunistic strategies and bespoke company financing.
- **Infrastructure** — Core and Core Plus investments in essential assets, including digital, transport, utilities and energy-transition infrastructure.
- **Real Estate** — Core Plus and opportunistic equity, direct lending, securities and real-estate investment trusts across major regions.
- **Capital Markets** — Equity, debt, structured-products and real-estate financing and execution for portfolio companies and third-party clients.
- **Global Atlantic Insurance** — Annuity, life-insurance and reinsurance products plus insurance asset-management capabilities.
- **Global Wealth Solutions** — Evergreen and institutional private-market strategies, portfolio frameworks and education for advisers and eligible individual investors.
- **Strategic Holdings** — Longer-duration ownership interests in selected core private-equity companies.

## Achievements

- Helped establish the modern leveraged-buyout and private-equity model after its 1976 founding.
- Completed the $25 billion RJR Nabisco buyout in 1989, then the largest leveraged buyout on record.
- Listed publicly in New York in 2010 and converted from a partnership to a corporation in 2018.
- Expanded from a U.S.-focused buyout firm to 36 offices across four continents by year-end 2025.
- Reached $796 billion in assets under management at June 30, 2026, up 16 percent year over year.
- Raised a record $129 billion of new capital during 2025.
- Arranged $2.5 trillion of financing through KKR Capital Markets since 2007, as of March 31, 2026.
- Extended broad-based equity ownership to more than 190,000 non-senior employees at 85 portfolio companies.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — KKR reported second-quarter AUM of $796 billion, $34 billion of new capital raised and record quarterly fee-related earnings of $1.2 billion.
- **2026-06** — KKR published its 2025 Sustainability Report, covering a portfolio workforce of more than 940,000 employees across 299 companies for which it collects data.
- **2026-05** — KKR closed its acquisition of Arctos Partners, adding a sports-franchise and sponsor-solutions specialist with $20 billion in AUM at June 30.
- **2026-03** — KKR's strategy pages reported $293 billion in credit AUM, $107 billion in infrastructure AUM and $84 billion in real-estate AUM as of March 31.
- **2026-02** — KKR reported a record $129 billion of capital raised in 2025 and year-end AUM of $744 billion.
- **2025-12** — Capital Group and KKR expanded their partnership into retirement solutions, model portfolios and insurance asset management.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kkr.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kkr/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kkr_co
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kohlbergkravisroberts
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kkr/

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Last updated: 2026-08-13