Henry Kravis
Henry Kravis
Henry R. Kravisis an American businessman. He is the co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., a private equity firm with $94.3 billion in assets as of December 31, 2013. He has an estimated net worth of $4.8 billion as of September 2015, ranked by Forbes as the 108th richest man in America and the 278th richest man in the world...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth6 January 1944
CountryUnited States of America
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It used to be that you would go in to see a CEO, and you would ask them, 'Is your company for sale?' and if they said 'No, we have no interest in selling,' that was sort of the end of the conversation.
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The Asian markets will have pivotal global significance in the coming decades and will offer significant investment opportunities for both KKR and our existing portfolio companies.
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The Asian markets will have a pivotal global influence in the coming decades and will offer significant investment opportunities for both KKR and our existing portfolio companies, ... As the role of private equity in Asia grows and is further defined, KKR will carefully assess the landscape and determine the most appropriate ways to be a leading participant in that process.
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Since we formed the firm in 1976, we've bought some 38 different companies, and we spent about $65 billion, buying these different companies.
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My father wanted me to go into the oil business. He was in the oil and gas business as a consulting petroleum engineer up in Tulsa.
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Maybe its because my father was so successful in a totally different field, but I found working in a small environment just a great joy.
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If we can just take a few companies, and use those as models, as examples, to show the rest of corporate America how they can become more competitive, that's what I'd like to do and that's what I hope to do.
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Quite frankly, the financial community has to improve its image. The financial community has to be much more transparent than it is.
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In the '70s and '80s, what private equity did is it changed corporate America. It started holding companies accountable, and for the first time managers started thinking like owners.
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So I picked a field where I had a little exposure. Where I thought I could have an enormous challenge, and have a chance to really do some good, to be a pioneer in an area, and not just be like everyone else.
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Look, don't congratulate us when we buy a company, congratulate us when we sell it. Because any fool can overpay and buy a company, as long as money will last to buy it.
Giving back is something that comes from the heart to me. It's not that I do it because it's the right thing: I do it because I want do it.
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It's a lucky find, ... When I first saw the painting I was overwhelmed by its beauty and its condition.
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Unfortunately, there is a flip side to having access to plentiful capital. It means that too many people without experience in building businesses have too much money.