Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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A Changed KKR Comes Public...utility TXU for $44 billion and a takeover of First Data for $27 billion. Instead, KKR has been taking highly structured minority stakes in capital-starved companies. Last week, for example, the firm invested $300 million in a Kodak debt... In this article: KKR, Euronext, Balance sheet, Masonite International, George Roberts, Dollar General Corp., Avago Technologies, Sealy Corp., and Blackstone Group LP |
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MarketWatch | November 03, 2009
Israel Stocks: Israel stocks lower; Teva reports net up 2.9%
...secure transaction-processing services. In the venture, First Data, a subsidiary of the private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., will resell VeriFone solutions in the US. And VeriFone will design new systems to expand First Data's...
In this article: First Data, Copaxone, Bezeq, Bank of Israel, Cellcom, and Yuval Steinitz
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MarketWatch | November 13, 2009
Earnings Watch: Updates, advisories and surprises
Earnings Watch: Updates, advisories and surprises KKR-held First Data reports widening loss (6:23 AM ET) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Payment processing firm First Data said its third-quarter loss widened to $289 million from $164 million,...
In this article: Revenue, First Data, Fiscal year, British Airways, London, MarketWatch, KKR, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, and Japan Airlines Corp.
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www.washingtonpost.com | June 12, 2007
The Takeover Boom, About to Go Bust
...are having more trouble financing their deals. Those include KKR's $26 billion acquisition of First Data and Texas Pacific's purchase of JVC, the struggling consumer electronics giant. It is impossible to predict when the magic moment...
In this article: Avaya, Revenue, Cash flow, Amortization, Derivative, Tax, Bankruptcy, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Silver Lake Partners
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Forbes.com News | July 28, 2008
KKR Chiefs Aren't Cashing Out - Forbes.com
...point in the year. The spigot shut abruptly in July. KKR's own buyout of First Data, one of the biggest in recent years, suffered financing delays but ultimately was completed in September. KKR will be entering the public markets through an...
In this article: KKR, Blackstone Group, Fitch Ratings, Euronext, Steve Schwarzman, George Roberts, New York Stock Exchange, and First Data
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SignOnSanDiego.com RSS Feeds Business | April 15, 2009
US seeks data on offshore accounts from First Data
...beyond a summons. First Data was acquired by an affiliate of the buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in 2007, a year after First Data spun off Western Union into an independent publicly traded company. In court documents, IRS...
In this article: First Data Corp., Internal Revenue Service, Summons, Justice Department, Tax, and US
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MarketWatch | September 24, 2007
First Data bought by KKR, Capellas named First Data chmn, CEO
First Data bought by KKR, Capellas named First Data chmn, CEO First Data, a Denver-based e-commerce and payment services company, said former MCI chief executive Michael Capellas will replace Ric Duques as chairman and chief executive of the...
In this article: First Data, Michael Capellas, KKR, MCI, Denver, Africa, Europe, and Middle East
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Reuters | June 29, 2009
BofA, First Data create payments company
...company, said in an interview. First Data, owned by private equity company Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co <KKR.UL>, started discussions about a potential venture with Bank of America a year ago, Bell said. Atlanta-based First Data was...
In this article: Bank of America Corp, First Data Corp, Joint venture, Atlanta, Best interests, Tax, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, and New York Stock Exchange
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www.washingtonpost.com | July 10, 2007
REGULATORS
...president of Peacock Productions. Michael D. Capellas, former chief executive of Compaq Computer, will be chief executive at First Data after the company is acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts affiliates. Capellas is to succeed Henry C....
In this article: ABN AMRO, Barclays, New York Stock Exchange, Sears, Michael D. Capellas, Securities and Exchange Commission, Home Depot, Nasdaq, First Data, and New York
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Wikipedia | November 02, 2009
First Data
The spin off occurred as planned on September 29, 2006. On April 2, 2007 it was announced that Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) entered an agreement to acquire First Data () Now under private ownership, First Data's stock was taken off...
In this article: First Data Corporation, Western Union, Michael Capellas, Mobile payment, Revenue, Venture capital, and Supply chain management
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (commonly referred to as KKR) is a New York City-based private equity firm that sponsors and manages investment funds, focusing primarily on leveraged buyouts of mature businesses. Since inception, the firm has completed over $400 billion of private equity transactions and was one of the pioneers of the leveraged buyout industry.
The firm was founded in 1976 by Jerome Kohlberg, Jr., and cousins Henry Kravis and George R. Roberts, all of whom had previously worked together at Bear Stearns where they completed some of the earliest leveraged buyout transactions. Since its founding, KKR has completed a number of landmark transactions including the 1989 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco, which was the largest buyout in history to that point, as well as the 2007 buyout of TXU, which is currently the largest buyout completed to date. KKR has completed investments in over 160 companies since 1977, completing at least one investment in every year except 1982 and 1990.
KKR is headquartered in New York City with eleven additional offices in the US, Europe and Asia.
- Name:
- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
- Type:
- Public company ()
- Location:
- 10 offices in 6 countries
- Founder:
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- Jerome Kohlberg, resigned 1987
- Henry Kravis, Senior Partner
- George R. Roberts, Senior Partner
- Founded:
- 2004
- Industry:
- Private Equity
- Products:
- Leveraged buyouts, Growth capital
- Assets:
- $60 billion
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