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KKR & Co. L.P. (formerly known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.) is an American multinational private equity firm, specializing in leveraged buyouts, headquartered in New York. The firm sponsors and manages private equity investment funds. A pioneer in the leveraged buyout industry, the firm has completed over $400 billion of private equity transactions since its inception.〔〔 The firm was founded in 1976 by Jerome Kohlberg, Jr., and cousins Henry Kravis and George R. Roberts, all of whom had previously worked together at Bear Stearns, where they completed some of the earliest leveraged buyout transactions. Since its founding, KKR has completed a number of landmark transactions including the 1989 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco, which was the largest buyout in history to that point, as well as the 2007 buyout of TXU, which is currently the largest buyout completed to date.〔("What's An Aging 'Barbarian' To Do?" ) ''The New York Times'', August 26, 2001.〕〔(What Does Henry Kravis Want? ). ''The New York Times'', September 6, 2008〕 KKR has completed investments in over 160 companies since 1977, completing at least one investment in every year except in 1982 and in 1990.〔(KKR Investment History ) (company website); retrieved February 16, 2009. 〕 KKR is headquartered in New York City with 13 additional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia.〔(KKR locations ) (company Web site); retrieved March 8, 2010. 〕 In October 2009, KKR listed shares in the company through KKR & Co., an affiliate that holds 30% of the firm's ownership equity, with the remainder held by the firm's partners. In March 2010, KKR filed to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE),〔("KKR Files for NYSE Listing" ), March 17, 2010.〕 with trading commencing four months later, on July 15, 2010. ==The Firm KKR== KKR is operated by its managing partners Henry Kravis and George R. Roberts and a team of approximately 140 investment professionals and 400 total employees, organized into industry-focused groups.〔 KKR is headquartered in the Solow Building at 9 West 57th Street, Manhattan, New York, with U.S. offices in Menlo Park, San Francisco, Houston, and Washington, D.C., and offices abroad in London, Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Beijing, Mumbai, Dubai, Seoul, São Paulo and Sydney.〔 KKR invests primarily through leveraged buyouts as well as growth capital investments (including "PIPE" investments in public companies). It has traditionally specialized in private equity investments, focusing on specific industry sectors where the firm has created nine dedicated investment groups. The industries in which KKR has developed a specialization include:〔(2007 ''KKR Annual Review'' ); retrieved February 16, 2009.〕 * Chemicals * Consumer products * Energy & natural resources * Financial services * Health care * Industrial * Media and communications * Retail * Technology The professionals in each of KKR's industry-focused groups are expected to have developed a proficiency in their respective industries.〔 The firm has traditionally had strong ties with its investors.〔("Canada Pension Plan Unit to Join K.K.R. Merchant Banking Venture" ), ''New York Times'' (Dealbook Section), January 17, 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kohlberg Kravis Roberts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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