Mr. Roberts co-founded KKR in 1976 and is our Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer. Dave & Buster's shares surged up to 16% on the news Friday. By clicking âOKâ below, I acknowledge that I have read and understood the following important information: Access to the KKR Investor Portal is provided to investors in Drawbr In bringing private-equity firm public, Henry Kravis and George Roberts may be betting a market bottom is near. While at Bear Stearns, Roberts, alongside Kohlberg and Kravis, began a series of what they described as "bootstrap" investments. He is actively involved in managing the firm and serves on regional Private Equity Investment Committees. 25:12 In this episode of Talks at GS, KKR Co-Chairman and Co-CEO George Roberts discusses founding and growing KKR into a leading global investment firm, the investing principles that have guided his career and investing in a landscape fundamentally altered by the pandemic. George Roberts co-founded KKR in 1976 and is Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer. George R. Roberts is Co-Chairman of the Board, Co-Chief Executive Officer of KKR Management LLC of the Company. Today, KKR is a leading global investment firm that manages investments across multiple asset ⦠Continue reading George R. Roberts Cameronâs complaint echoes the earlier caseâs allegations that KKR and Blackstone unduly profited off a scheme to bilk the state pension system. He is also founder and Chairman of the board of directors of REDF, a San Francisco nonprofit organization. Four years ago, it contracted Baker and Smith to document the histories of its investments so that newer members of the firm would have more than oral tradition to guide them. Henry Kravis and George Roberts hit the highway in 1965, driving from Tulsa, Okla., to New York to work as summer interns on Wall StreetâKravis at Goldman Sachs and Roberts at Bear Stearns. When he first got started, Roberts took the chance on forming KKR because if he didn't he would always look back and say he missed an opportunity. On Tuesday, KKR unveiled a partnership with Harlem Capital, a firm founded by Forbes 30 Under 30 alumni in social entrepreneurship, to help bring women and minorities to the $200 billion in assets investing giant. Roberts and his wife have a passion for art; they sit on the boards of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The firm is an affiliate of Accel Partners and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. AccelâKKR LLC was founded in February 2000 and is based in Menlo Park, California with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia and London, United Kingdom. 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Career Before KKR . The co-founders of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the worldâs best-known corporate buy ⦠Few can claim as crucial a role in creating the buyout industry as Henry R. Kravis and George R. Roberts. © 2021 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. All Rights Reserved. The company reports that it now has nearly 1,000 rooms in 35 cities, generating 100,000 annual bookings. George R. Roberts (Menlo Park) co-founded KKR in 1976 and is Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer. From Forbes 400 members like Bill Gates to celebrities like Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, here are the nation’s most influential impact investors. KKR & Co, co-founded by billionaires Henry Kravis and George Roberts, has created a $50 million fund dedicated to supporting frontline workers and ⦠From a small partnership that began ⦠from Claremont McKenna College in 1966 and a J.D. The college will name a new athletic facility the Roberts Pavilion. George R. Roberts graduated from Culver Military Academy in 1962. Information regarding the Drawbridge Fund accessed through the KKR Investor Portal is confidential and intended for Drawbridge Fund investors only.