Henry Kravis
Henry Kravis is the Co, Founder, Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of KKR, a private equity investment giant which has operated since the 1970s. He has over 40 years of extensive experience financing, analyzing, and investing in public and private companies. Kravis is one of the most respectable and successful negotiators on Wall Street. He capitalized on the concept of the leveraged buyout in the private equity industry and made his billion-dollar fortune by using other people's money to purchase businesses.
Henry Kravis Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Co, Founder, Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Partner
Academic History
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Master of Business Administration (MBA)
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BA in Economics
EARLY LIFE AND CAREER
- Kravis grew up in a wealthy Jewish household in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- He became a partner at Bear Stearns at the age of 30.
- He is a leader in the social enterprise and social entrepreneur movement.
- He founded the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership in 2005, which evolved into the Kravis Lab for Social Impact.
- He has a personal net worth of $6 billion as of June 17, 2020.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
- He was appointed an officer of the French Legion of Honor by President Sarkozy.
- He was awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle by President Enrique Peña Nieto.
- He has received honorary doctorates from Claremont McKenna College, Bank Street college, and Monmouth college.
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
- Founder of the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College
- Chairman of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Co-Chairman of the Board of the Columbia Graduate School of Business
- Vice-Chairman of Rockefeller University
- Member of the Advisory Board of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management
- Board Member of Mount Sinai Hospital
- Board Member of Claremont McKenna College
- Board Member of First Data Corporation
- Board Member of Axel Springer
- Board Member of China International Capital Corporation