Billionaire Private Equity Pioneer KKR Marks Decades of Deal-Making Dominance Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), the pioneering private equity firm founded by Henry Kravis and George Roberts in 1976, is celebrating a major milestone. As the industry leader reaches its 47th anniversary, the Financial Times has sat down with the original founders and their successors to reflect on the firm's remarkable journey. From its early days as a scrappy upstart to the global powerhouse it is today, KKR has been at the forefront of private equity deal-making, navigating the ebbs and flows of the market with a keen eye for opportunity. As the firm looks to the future, what lessons can be gleaned from its storied past, and what does the next chapter hold for this private equity giant?
As the original private equity barbarian reaches milestone, the FT interviews its founders and their successors
