In 2017, he also contributed one million dollars to Donald J
On December 24, 2013, KKR closed their first real estate specific investment fund, which raised $1
He is a trustee of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Chairman of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, and is a member of the executive committee of The Business Council for 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014
Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership, established in 2006, identifies extraordinary leaders in the nonprofit sector, celebrates their accomplishments and shares their best practices with others
In 1997, Henry Kravis joined with Lewis M
In early 1995, KKR divested its remaining holdings in RJR Nabisco, taking an overall loss on the deal
He was also a major contributor to the 1992 re-election campaign of President George H
The home decorated for the couple by Robert Denning and Vincent Fourcade was parodied in the 1990 movie The Bonfire of the Vanities
Under Kravis and Roberts the firm was responsible for the 1988 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco
Kravis later married New York designer Carolyne Roehm (born Carolyne Jane Smith) in 1985, but the marriage ended in divorce in 1993
He previously co-chaired with Jerry Speyer the influential Partnership for New York City, founded by David Rockefeller in 1979, and now sits on its board of directors
By 1978, with the revision of the ERISA regulations, the nascent KKR was successful in raising its first institutional fund with approximately $30 million of investor commitments
By 1976, tensions had built up between Bear Stearns and the trio of Kohlberg, Kravis and Roberts leading to their departure and the formation of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in that year
He graduated from CMC in 1967 before going on to Columbia Business School, where he received an MBA degree in 1969
In the following years Kohlberg and later Kravis and Roberts would complete a series of buyouts including Stern Metals (1965), Incom (a division of Rockwood International, 1971), Cobblers Industries (1971), and Boren Clay (1973) as well as Thompson Wire, Eagle Motors and Barrows through their investment in Stern Metals
Working for Bear Stearns in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Kravis, alongside Kohlberg and Roberts began a series of what they described as "bootstrap" investments
Kravis (born January 6, 1944) is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist
