科尔伯格-克拉维斯 KKR
KKR集团(Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.,简称KKR),中译为“科尔伯格-克拉维斯” 老牌正宗的杠杆收购天王 金融史上最成功的产业投资机构之一 全球历史最悠久也是经验最为丰富的私募股权投资机构之一。
1976年,克拉维斯(Henry Kravis)和表兄罗伯茨(George Roberts)以及他们的导师科尔博格(Jerome Kohlberg)共同创建了KKR公司,公司名称正源于这三人姓氏的首字母。KKR公司是以收购、重整企业为主营业务的股权投资公司,尤其擅长管理层收购。KKR的投资者主要包括企业及公共养老金、金融机构、保险公司以及大学基金。在过去的30年当中,KKR累计完成了146项私募投资,交易总额超过了2630亿美元。
KKR在1988-1989年以310亿美元,杠杆收购RJR.Nabisco(当时美国的巨型公司之一,业务范围为烟草和食品),是其巅峰之作,也是世界金融史上最大的收购之一,该收购完成后,KKR的资产池有近590亿美元的资产组合,而监督这些资产的仅有6位一般合伙人和11位专业投资合伙人,加上一个47人的职员班子;而同期,只有4家美国公司——通用汽车、福特、埃克森、和IBM公司比它大,但在这些公司的管理总部,职员数以千计。
截至2006年9月30日,KKR投下去的270亿美元资本已经创造了大约700亿美元的价值。
KKR & CO. L.P. (KKR) is a leading global investment firm with deep roots in private equity, diversified capabilities, and an impressive track record. When you partner with KKR, you benefit from decades of financial and operational experience, broad industry knowledge, and a powerful network of global relationships. Through an integrated approach, we work closely with companies and investment partners around the world to deliver flexible capital solutions. The power of partnership with KKR means we strive for better investments, stronger businesses, and shared success.
With offices around the world, we fulfill our mission one investor at a time, one company at a time—and we do this as one global firm. As investors with an industrialist vision, we think long-term, pursue the highest standards of excellence, and align our interests with those of all our investment partners by putting our own capital behind our ideas.