Entries tagged "Henry Kravis"
In the battle between the competing "Masters of the Universe," KKR co-founders best their rivals at Blackstone on the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.'s management held a conference call Monday morning laying out details for its decision to list on the NYSE through a share swap with its publicly listed leveraged buyout fund KKR Private Equity Investors. On the call, co-founder Henry Kravis spoke about KKR's history and future plans for the firm....
Private equity critic Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films has a new critique of private equity. But instead of filming the homes of buyout king Henry Kravis, Greenwald has turned the dealmaker into a cartoon villain in a short video that's "Daily Show" meets "School House Rock" ... but with far less humor and rock. Of course, it is kind of hard being funny when discussing capital gains and the structure of leveraged buyouts -- unless, of course, your name is Carl Icahn. Greenwald uses "Larry the Loophole" to help bring the capital gains tax issue back to the forefront...
