KKR Profile
KKR & Co. Inc. is a global investment firm specializing in private equity and real estate, focusing on direct and fund of fund investments. The firm's investment strategies encompass acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, credit special situations, growth equity, mezzanine, distressed, and turnaround investments. KKR targets a diverse range of industries including software, cybersecurity, semiconductors, consumer electronics, fintech, energy, infrastructure, and real estate. Additionally, it invests in sectors such as healthcare, industrials, media, retail, and technology across various global regions.
KKR's investment approach includes substantial engagements in the energy and infrastructure sectors, with a particular focus on upstream oil and gas, equipment, minerals, royalties, and related services. In the real estate sector, KKR invests in both private and public securities, property-level equity, debt, and special situations transactions. The firm also targets businesses with significant real estate holdings and energy resources, including oil and natural gas properties. KKR's asset services investments span a broad array of services including transport, logistics, leisure, hospitality, resource support, and environmental services.
Geographically, KKR invests worldwide, focusing on developed and emerging markets across North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Australia. In the Americas, the firm prioritizes investments in consumer products, chemicals, metals, mining, financial services, healthcare, industrials, and technology. In Europe, KKR focuses on consumer and retail, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrials, media, and telecom sectors. In Asia, the firm invests in consumer products, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrials, logistics, media, and real estate.
Founded in 1976 and headquartered in New York, KKR operates additional offices across North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The firm typically seeks to invest between $30 million to $717 million in companies with enterprise values ranging from $500 million to $2.389 billion. KKR's investments are characterized by a preference for board representation, controlling ownership, or strategic minority positions. The firm usually holds its investments for five to seven years, with exit strategies including IPOs, secondary offerings, and sales to strategic buyers.
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