
Henry Kravis
Co-Chair and Co-CEO, KKR
$13.21B
$32.4M (0.2%)
as of 04/29/25
About Henry Kravis
Henry Kravis cofounded KKR with his cousin, George Roberts, and Jerome Kohlberg (d. 2015) in 1976.
Kravis and Roberts gave up their co-CEO titles in 2021; both now serve as executive co-chairs. Kohlberg left the firm in 1987.
The duo took KKR public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2010 and converted it into a corporation in 2018.
KKR has some more than 250 portfolio companies and more than $600 billion in assets under management, making it one of the five largest private equity firms.
Kravis donated $100 million to Columbia University Business School in 2010 and another $25 million in 2015.
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Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Private equityResidence
New York, New YorkMarital status
MarriedBirth date
01/06/44 (age 81)Number of children
2Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Claremont McKenna College; Master of Business Administration, Columbia Business SchoolSelf-made
self-madeHenry Kravis’s fortune is worth

220K
troy ounces of gold

203K
median U.S. household

132K
median U.S. income

0.264%
U.S. credit card volume

0.053%
GDP of the United States

0.039%
United States debt
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Did you know?
His economist wife, Marie-Josée Kravis, is president of the board of trustees at New York's Museum of Modern Art.
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NYSE | KKR-US
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