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Henry Kravis

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Henry Kravis · Economics & Business

What

Co-founder and co-chairman of KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts), pioneer of the leveraged buyout (famed RJR Nabisco deal).

When

1944, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Where

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

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Biography

Henry Kravis is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Co-founder and co-chairman of KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts), pioneer of the leveraged buyout (famed RJR Nabisco deal).

How & why

Henry Kravis is an American financier from a Jewish family and a co-founder and co-executive chairman of KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts). With his cousin George Roberts, he pioneered the leveraged buyout, most famously the landmark takeover of RJR Nabisco in 1989. He is also a major philanthropist supporting education, medicine and the arts.

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Co-founder and co-chairman of KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts), pioneer of the leveraged buyout (famed RJR Nabisco deal).

1944

Source: Wikipedia (Henry Kravis)