Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a prominent global investment firm that specializes in managing a diverse range of alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, and credit, as well as hedge funds through strategic partnerships. Founded in 1976, the firm focuses on generating attractive investment returns by employing a disciplined and patient investment approach. KKR is committed to driving growth and value creation in its portfolio companies while aligning its interests with those of its investment partners. The firm also provides comprehensive human resources services to enhance operational effectiveness. With a presence in multiple countries, including India and Japan, KKR continues to leverage its extensive expertise and industry knowledge to deliver value across its investment strategies.
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Taski Ahmed
Principal, KKR Prisma
Mustapha Angwa
CEO
Anne Arlinghaus
Managing Director
Joe Bae
Co-President and Co-COO
David Biener
VP Finance
Todd Builione
Member, President of KKR Credit
Jim Burns
Partner
Daniel Celeghin
Managing Director, Client and Partner Group
Spencer Chavez
Principal
Mukul Chawla
Partner, Head of Asia Pacific Growth Equity
Steve Codispoti
Director, Finance
Benjamin Conner
Managing Director
Kendra Decious
Director, Finance
Patrick Devine
Director
Brian Dillard
Partner and Head of Asia Credit
Brandon Donnenfeld
Director
Jamison Ely
Director
Mark Ennis
Director
Len Fliegel
Director
Marco Fontana
Managing Director
Brandon Freiman
Partner, Head of North American Infrastructure
Philipp Freise
Co-Head of European Private Equity
Terence Gallagher
Managing Director
Travers Garvin
Director, Public Affairs
Felix Gernburd
Managing Director
Alan Grant
Principal, KKR Capstone
Elizabeth Hammond
Managing Director
Chris Harrington
Partner
Erich Heintzen
Director
Jill Henn
Managing Director, Human Capital
Sota Horiuchi
Principal, Private Equity
Jeff Van Horn
Managing Director, Credit
Paul Horwood
CFO, European Operations
Mark Hunt
Director, Capital Management Group
Johannes P. Huth
Managing Director and Head of KKR EMEA
Hisao Iijima
Principal, Private Equity
Gary H. Jacobs
Managing Director, Capital Management Group
Zhen Ji
Managing Director, China
Franziska Kayser
Managing Director
Kazuyuki Kido
Managing Director
Philip Kim
Managing Director
Thomas Kim
Managing Director and Global Risk Manager
Daan Knottenbelt
Partner
Rie Koike
Principal, Client and Partner Group
Joan Lacagnina
Managing Director, Finance
Jeremiah Lane
Principal
Dashiell Lane
Director, Energy and Infrastructure
David Lang
Partner
Joshua Lederman
Principal and Associate
Elissa Leechawengwongs
Principal, Private Equity
Vincent Letteri
Managing Director, TMT Growth Equity
Robert Lewin
Partner
Xiang Li
Managing Director, Private Equity
Frances Lim
Managing Director, Global Macro and Asset Allocation and Portfolio Mgt of Strategic Partnerships
Max Lin
Partner and Director, Private Equity
Lucy Liu
Director, Client and Partner Group
Ming Lu
Partner and Co-Head of Asia Private Equity Business
Rony Ma
Director
Blaine MacDougald
Director and Co-head of Credit Research, Credit
Emily Mason
Principal, KKR Prisma
Kyle Matter
Director
Patrick Mattson
Managing Director
Kevin McMahon
Managing Director
Hilary McNamara
Director, Business Operations
David McNellis
Managing Director, Global Macro and Asset Allocation
Henry McVey
Partner and Head of Global Macro and Asset Allocation, CIO of KKR Balance Sheet
Ken Mehlman
Partner and Global Head of Public Affairs; Co-head KKR Global Impact
Jimmy Miele
Principal
George Mueller
Managing Director
Katherine T. B. de Mul
Director, Operations and Client Services
Narender Nanchary
Principal, Hedge Funds
Sanjay Nayar
CEO
William Needham
Managing Director
Sean Nelson
Director
Lesley Nurse
Director, Client and Partner Group
Scott Nuttall
Co-CEO
Ted Oberwager
Principal, Private Equity
Christian Ollig
Director, Private Equity
Timotheus Osnabrug
Director, Private Equity
John Park
Director, Private Equity
Chung Ho Park
Director, Private Equity
Vishal Patel
Managing Director
Clayton Perry
Managing Director, Client and Partner Group
Daniel Pietrzak
Partner
Samuel Plotner
Director
Jaka Prasetya
Partner
Sharath Reddy
Director, Credit
John Reed
Director, Credit
Janice Cook Roberts
Director, Client and Partner Group
Paul Roberts
Managing Director, KKR Prisma
James Rudy
Director, Principal Activities
Jean -Pierre Saad
Director, Private Equity
Matt Salem
Partner and Head of RE Credit
Kaveh Samie
Managing Director, Client and Partner Group
Richard Sarnoff
Managing Director
Kugan Sathiyanandarajah
Managing Director and Head of Healthcare Strategic Growth in Europe
Jeffrey Schachter
Managing Director
Lucian Schönefelder
Partner
Vance Serchuk
Managing Director, Americas Private Equity, Industrials Team
Stephen Shanley
Partner
Peggy Shaughnessy
Managing Director, Business Operations
Blake Shorthouse
Managing Director
Rob Siegel
Director, Information Technology
Tashwinder Singh
Director, Capital Markets
Duncan Smith
Principal, Credit
Pete Stavros
Co-Head of Global Private Equity
Chris Sun
Partner, Private Equity
Karan Swani
Director, Private Equity
Marta Szczerba
Director
Waldemar Szlezak
Managing Director
Weiyu Tan
Managing Director
Nate Taylor
Co-Head of Americas Private Equity
Paige Thacher
Principal
Cade Thompson
Partner, Capital Markets
Gaurav Trehan
Head of Asia Private Equity
Cecilio Velasco
Managing Director
Steven Wang
Principal, Private Equity
Douglas Watt
Managing Director
Joshua T. Weisenbeck
Partner
Dave Welsh
Partner and Head of Technology Growth Equity
Ryan L.G. Wilson
Managing Director
Alisa A. Wood
Partner
Angela Yang
Principal, Credit
Annie Yangeksakul
Principal, Hedge Funds
Eiji Yatagawa
Partner
Past deals in Aviation
Queensland Airports Limited
Acquisition in 2024
Queensland Airports Limited is an airport operator based in Bilinga, Australia, founded in 2003. The company owns and operates several regional airports, including Gold Coast Airport, Townsville Airport, Mount Isa Airport, and Longreach Airport. In addition to its core airport operations, Queensland Airports Limited also engages in terminal redevelopment services, notably through the Northern Australian Aerospace Centre of Excellence located at Townsville Airport.
Kellermeyer Bergensons Services
Private Equity Round in 2024
Kellermeyer Bergensons Services is a leading provider of contract cleaning and integrated facility management services in North America. The company specializes in delivering customized solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of its clients across various sectors, including retail, education, healthcare, government, hospitality, industrial, and aviation. Its service offerings encompass integrated facility support, contract cleaning, floor care, restriping, plumbing, landscaping, and snow plowing. By utilizing a proprietary technology platform, Kellermeyer Bergensons Services enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of maintenance and repair services, ensuring quick turnaround times and promoting healthy operations for businesses. The company's clear vision drives its commitment to making a significant impact on the industries and communities it serves.
Jet Edge International
Debt Financing in 2022
Jet Edge International is a prominent player in the private aviation sector, specializing in full-service aircraft management and charter services. The company provides a comprehensive range of services, including flight operations, in-house maintenance, and repairs, ensuring a high standard of safety and security for its clients. Jet Edge offers year-round access to a diverse and luxurious fleet of large-cabin aircraft, catering to both individual clients and corporations. By integrating operational excellence with a focus on customer service, Jet Edge International stands out as a reliable partner in the global aviation market.
Jet Edge International
Debt Financing in 2021
Jet Edge International is a prominent player in the private aviation sector, specializing in full-service aircraft management and charter services. The company provides a comprehensive range of services, including flight operations, in-house maintenance, and repairs, ensuring a high standard of safety and security for its clients. Jet Edge offers year-round access to a diverse and luxurious fleet of large-cabin aircraft, catering to both individual clients and corporations. By integrating operational excellence with a focus on customer service, Jet Edge International stands out as a reliable partner in the global aviation market.
Atlantic Aviation
Acquisition in 2021
Atlantic provides a wide range of aircraft ground handling and corporate flight support services, including fueling and line services, ground transportation, catering, hangar, deicing, and ramp space.
Altavair
Private Equity Round in 2019
Altavair is a provider of aircraft acquisition and leasing services targeting the commercial aviation market. The company specializes in acquiring, leasing, converting, and selling both new and used commercial aircraft, catering to domestic and international passenger airlines as well as cargo operators. With a portfolio exceeding $8 billion in lease transactions involving over 200 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus, Altavair has established strong relationships with 44 customers across 27 countries. The company has successfully raised over $1 billion in committed capital through two aviation investment funds from a diverse group of investors, including institutional investors and family offices. Altavair also has significant experience in the commercial debt market, having borrowed over $6 billion from 45 financial institutions globally. With offices in Seattle, London, and Singapore, Altavair's management and marketing teams, averaging over 26 years of experience in commercial aviation, leverage their deep industry knowledge to offer innovative solutions and superior service to their clients.
Air Medical Group Holdings
Acquisition in 2015
Air Medical provides emergency transportation services to individuals with critical health issues or injuries who are located too far from hospitals to be transported by ground in a timely manner. Air Medical's subsidiaries transport more than 75,000 critically injured patients each year through a fleet of helicopters and airplanes that operate 24 hours a day and seven days a week. In addition Air Medical provides over 120,000 ground transports on an annual basis.
Weststar Aviation
Private Equity Round in 2013
Weststar is one of the global leaders in the offshore helicopter services industry. Safety is the number one core value and the highest operational priority at Weststar. Our culture, operations, and reputation are built upon this focus on safety. Weststar is committed to being the industry’s most efficient and safety-focused company. Serving some of the major oil and gas industry players, our fleet of state-of-the-art helicopters transport personnel to offshore production platforms and drilling rigs with the highest levels of safety, performance, and service. With a growing fleet of modern helicopters and technical expertise, Weststar brings about comprehensive helicopter services to the industry and is well-positioned for the future.
Air Works India Engineering
Debt Financing in 2012
Air Works is a diversified aviation services provider with presence in 4 continents across the globe Founded in 1951, Air Works provides engineering, asset management and safety and technology solutions to the commercial and business aviation communities. We are service providers to global aircraft leasing companies and airlines, first-line service providers to leading OEMs, 1 of only 7 IATA certified safety auditors, a global market leader for charter safety ratings, and the largest independent MRO provider in India. Our experience in the Indian market, impeccable credibility in the industry, established infrastructure and a strong management team have enabled us to expand globally, both organically and inorganically. While our service offerings are well diversified, each of our businesses is bound by an underlying strategy. We operate as a well-knit “federation” of complementary businesses that are run independently by the incumbent entrepreneurs and management team while simultaneously governed by a set of common business principles. We believe that this structure best addresses the needs of our customers at a local level while creating value and differentiation for Air Works as a globally run business. This structure brings together the added benefit of a larger pool of management resources, access to potential new customers through well-networked colleagues in other regions as well as access to funding for new projects and development of business in as yet untapped markets.
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