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	George R. Roberts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George R. Roberts (1945-) is a financier and was one of the founders of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. (KKR).
		Roberts was a native of Houston, Texas and attended Claremont McKenna college graduating in 1966.
		One of the most famous LBOs Roberts was involved in was the buyout of RJR Nabisco.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Roberts (165 words)

	Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co (commonly referred to as KKR) is a New York City-based private equity firm that focuses primarily on late stage leveraged buyouts.
		After the 1987 resignation of Jerome Kohlberg at age 61 (he later founded his own private equity firm, Kohlberg and Co.), Henry Kravis succeeded him as senior partner.
		Under Kravis, the firm was responsible for the 1988 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/KKR (566 words)

	Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co (commonly referred to as KKR) is a New York City based private equity firm that focuses primarily on late stage leveraged buyouts.
		Under Kravis, the firm was responsible for the 1988 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco.
		KKR helped develop and popularize the acquisition concept known as the leveraged buyout (LBO) by creating a series of limited partnerships to acquire various corporations, which they deemed to be underperforming.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kohlberg_Kravis_Roberts (566 words)

	1996 Inductee: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. set the standard and the tenor for the creation of the LBO market in the 1970s, its expansion during the turbulent 1980s, and its broad acceptance in the 1990s.
		A hallmark of KKR has been its financial innovation, which the firm's founders—Jerome P. Kohlberg Jr., Henry R. Kravis and George R. Roberts—demonstrated while working at Bear, Stearns and Co., which they left to form KKR in 1976.
		KKR also demonstrated to public pension funds the ability of the private equity market to earn exceptional returns on significant amounts of capital.
	www.assetnews.com /ped/hall_of_fame/kkr.htm (566 words)

	Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts (KKR): Merchants of Debt
		Kohlberg limited his work to arranging friendly takeovers and was known for his integrity.
		Kohlberg would find lenders who would provide the bulk of the capital for the purchase of the business in return for an appropriate interest rate on the debt and perhaps a share of the equity.
		KKR had found that the most difficult component of the financing of one of their LBO's was the subordinated debt.
	www.applet-magic.com /kkr.htm (566 words)

	The Corporate Library - CEO Contract Study - OI
		Roberts is a Founding Partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co., L.P. and, effective January 1, 1996, he became a managing member of the limited liability company which is the general partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co., L.P. Mr.
		Kravis is a Founding Partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co., L.P. and, effective January 1, 1996, he became a managing member of the limited liability company which is the general partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co., L.P. Mr.
		Gilhuly was a general partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co., L.P. from January 1, 1995 until January 1, 1996, when he became a member of the limited liability company which is the general partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co., L.P. Mr.
	www.thecorporatelibrary.com /companies/o/oi/oi_def_19990331.htm (3061 words)

	1996 Inductee: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. set the standard and the tenor for the creation of the LBO market in the 1970s, its expansion during the turbulent 1980s, and its broad acceptance in the 1990s.
		A hallmark of KKR has been its financial innovation, which the firm's founders—Jerome P. Kohlberg Jr., Henry R. Kravis and George R. Roberts—demonstrated while working at Bear, Stearns and Co., which they left to form KKR in 1976.
		Along the way, KKR pioneered an approach to enhancing shareholder value that has become a model of corporate governance for both public and private companies.
	www.assetnews.com /ped/hall_of_fame/kkr.htm (169 words)

	Merchants of Debt: Kkr and the Mortgaging of American Business
		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. (KKR) was founded in New York in 1976 by three.
		Their firm, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co., dominated the Wall Street scene in the late 1980s, acquiring one Fortune 500 company after another, including Safeway, Duracell, Motel 6, and RJR Nabisco.
		With borrowed money, borrowed management, and great nerve, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts acquired one Fortune 500 company after another--and changed the face of American business.
	www.beardbooks.com /merchants_of_debt.html (1582 words)

	Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	Kohlrabi Kohler Wisconsin Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (more often known as KKR is a private equity firm located in New York City.
		and cousins Henry Kravis and George R. KKR helped develop the acquisition concept known as the leverage
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	ireland.com - The Irish Times - FRONT PAGE
		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts was formed by three partners in 1987 with the aim of investing in poorly performing companies which it could restructure and sell at a profit.
		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, which was the pioneer of multibillion dollar leveraged buyouts in the 1980s and 1990s, is understood to have had preliminary discussions with Eircom's advisers, Goodbody Corporate Finance.
		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in New York would not comment last night, stating it was company policy "to decline to comment on speculation about transactions or potential transactions".
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/front/2001/0526/fro3.htm (1582 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: The New Financial Capitalists: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the Creation of Corporate Value
		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., universally known as KKR, pioneered the leveraged buyout and participated in some of the most celebrated takeover fights of the 1980s.
		KKR sought to break new ground in enhancing shareholder value: it compelled investees to maintain a focused business strategy and to divest or spin off underperforming operations, and it was highly instrumental in making corporate America realize that capital is a scarce resource which must be judiciously employed.
		KKR was the first name I heard while researching the Private Equity marketplace for a college paper.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0521642604 (1582 words)

	The Corporate Library - CEO Contract Study - OI
		Kravis is a Founding Partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co., L.P. and, effective January 1, 1996, he became a managing member of the limited liability company which is the general partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co., L.P. Mr.
		Roberts is a Founding Partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co., L.P. and, effective January 1, 1996, he became a managing member of the limited liability company which is the general partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co., L.P. Mr.
		Gilhuly was a general partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co., L.P. from January 1, 1995 until January 1, 1996, when he became a member of the limited liability company which is the general partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co., L.P. Mr.
	www.thecorporatelibrary.com /companies/o/oi/oi_def_19990331.htm (1582 words)

	AP881101-0202
		Managers of pension funds, the backbone of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co.'s leveraged buyout machine, are concerned that the aggressive buyout firm's $20.3 billion bid for RJR Nabisco Inc. teeters on hostility.
		Kohlberg Kravis is expected to provide only about $2 billion in cash _ most from its leveraged buyout fund _ to finance the Nabisco deal.
		With a $5.6 billion warchest that can be ``leveraged'' tenfold by borrowing, Kohlberg Kravis is backed by roughly 70 investors that range from the Salvation Army to the endowment funds of Harvard and Yale to the pension funds of New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota and other states.
	ils.unc.edu /~viles/172i/users/big/docs/AP881101-0202 (1582 words)

	Merchants of Debt: Kkr and the Mortgaging of American Business
		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. (KKR) was founded in New York in 1976 by three.
		Their firm, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co., dominated the Wall Street scene in the late 1980s, acquiring one Fortune 500 company after another, including Safeway, Duracell, Motel 6, and RJR Nabisco.
		Kravis and Roberts wrote their way into the history books by concocting one giant takeover after another.
	www.beardbooks.com /merchants_of_debt.html (1582 words)

	Henry R. Kravis Biography -- Academy of Achievement
		Kravis and his group bought the tobacco and food company for $25 billion, nearly double the previous record sale price of a commercial enterprise.
		Kohlberg taught them what he called "bootstrap" acquisition.
		Kohlberg saw great opportunities he felt the investment banking community were overlooking.
	www.achievement.org /autodoc/page/kra0bio-1 (897 words)

	Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. - Fact Sheet - Hoover's
		The master of the 1980s buyout universe, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (popularly known as KKR) has shed its hostile takeover image for a kinder, gentler, buy-and-build strategy.
		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. - Fact Sheet - Hoover's
		Cousins Henry Kravis and George Roberts are the senior partners in KKR, which is part of a group buying Toys "R" Us.
	www.hoovers.com /kkr/--ID__40268--/freeuk-co-factsheet.xhtml (290 words)

	Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co
		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co James McLean Bergeron
		Kohlberr Kravis Roberts and CO. is a company that could have a vastly diversified clientele.
	home.sandiego.edu /~bergeron/Kohlberg%20Kravis%20Roberts.htm (66 words)

	ABC News: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Bids for Co. Stake
		If no other bidders emerge, creditors, led by Seoul Guarantee, are expected to name Kohlberg Kravis Roberts as the preferred bidder for the stake in South Korea's largest life insurer.
		SEOUL, South Korea May 17, 2005 — Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has submitted a letter of intent to buy a 17.6 percent stake in South Korea's Samsung Life Insurance Co. in a deal valued at about 709.4 billion won ($706.2 million), South Korean officials said Tuesday.
		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Bids for Stake in South Korea's Samsung Life Insurance
	abcnews.go.com /Business/wireStory?id=764840 (346 words)

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		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. acquired Masonite International Corp. for C$3.26 billion ($2.66 billion) cash in a friendly deal, up from an earler C$3.1 billion bid.
		International Paper Co. completed the sale of its Masonite Corp. business to Premdor Inc. for $527 million in cash and notes, following an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department calling for Premdor to divest a Pennsylvania door-making factory.
	www.thedeal.com /NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=Databases/Common/SearchTypeOrganization&nachalo=1&fromOrg=1079196478668&sorting=Announcement%20Date&orgname=Masonite (64 words)

	Kravis, Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership
		He then joined Bear Stearns & Co., where he became a partner, and stayed until l976, when he and two partners founded Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., a merchant banking firm that pioneered the development of the management buyout.
		Kravis has been involved in the largest, most successful acquisitions via management buyouts, which included RJR Nabisco, Beatrice, Safeway and Duracell, among others.
		Kravis founded and heads the New York City Investment Fund, designed to create jobs and help small inner city businesses in New York City.
	kravisprize.claremontmckenna.edu /kravis.htm (175 words)

	Amazon.com: The New Financial Capitalists : Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the Creation of Corporate Value: Books
		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., universally known as KKR, pioneered the leveraged buyout and participated in some of the most celebrated takeover fights of the 1980s.
		The investment firm of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) is synonymous with the practice of the leveraged buyout (LBO), and KKR has inarguably changed the face of business.
		Jerome Kohlberg, Henry Kravis and George Roberts are obviously extremely smart and confident guys, fortunately the book exhibits moments of vulnerability; which is helpful for any financial entrepreneur.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521642604?v=glance (2942 words)

	Fortune : Has the Beatrice LBO gone pffft? (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. buyout of Beatrice Cos.) @ HighBeam Research
		A group of investors led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. bought the giant conglomerate in April 1986 for $8.2 billion, of which only $417 million was common equity.
		(Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. buyout of Beatrice Cos.)
		By mid-1987, Beatrice had sold off billions in assets, reduced its debt sharply, and essentially returned to KKR's limited partners -- pension funds, banks, and the like -- the money they had put in.
	static.highbeam.com /f/fortune/july311989/hasthebeatricelbogonepffftkohlbergkravisrobertsamp/index.html (268 words)

	Boyds Business News
		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. is expected to buy closely held Boyds Collection Ltd. for more than $600 million, according to people familiar with the discussions.
		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. said yesterday it will invest in The Boyds Collection Ltd., a privately held designer, importer and distributor of hand-crafted collectible teddy bears, dolls and other toys.
		Anywho...as far as I AND Henry Kravis and Scott Stuart from KKR are concerned "If it ain't broke...don't fix it" and obviously henry and scott don't think any thing is really broke otherwise they wouldn't have come near us with a ten foot pole..
	www.webspresso.com /selling.htm (6664 words)

	The Private Equity Analyst Conference 2004
		Kohlberg and Roberts he pioneered the use of leverage in acquisitions.
		Kravis participates in all investment activities and serves on both the Investment and Portfolio Management Committees.
		Kravis was a Partner in the Corporate Finance Department of Bear Stearns & Company, where with Messrs.
	www.dowjones.com /events/peac2004/keynotes.html (526 words)

	Wilmington medical device maker to be sold for $1.27b - The Boston Globe
		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. plans to acquire Accellent Inc., a closely held maker of medical devices, for about $1.27 billion.
		The deal will expand investments in the healthcare sector for KKR, a New York-based buyout firm cofounded by Henry R. Kravis and George R. Roberts.
		KKR's investments now include MedCath Corp. and Alliance Imaging Inc. Accellent, which changed its name from UTI Corp. in January, makes components for the world's biggest medical-device makers, such as Boston Scientific Corp. of Natick and Johnson and Johnson.
	www.boston.com /business/healthcare/articles/2005/10/11/wilmington_medical_device_maker_to_be_sold_for_127b (270 words)

	Market Wire: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., WorldCrest Expand Procurement Solution For Indirect Goods And Services
		WorldCrest is majority funded by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. For more information on WorldCrest and its products and services please visit www.worldcrest.com.
		WorldCrest and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. (KKR) today announced the expansion of WorldCrest's collaborative procurement solution for indirect goods and services.
		Majority funded by KKR, WorldCrest is a procurement services firm that has enabled KKR portfolio companies to reduce their total cost of indirect goods and services.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200011/ai_mark01019303 (674 words)

	Borden Chemical eReport, Leadership, Directors
		George R. Roberts has been a member of KKR & Co., LLC since 1996, was a General Partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. from its establishment through 1995, and has been a General Partner of KKR Associates, L.P. since its establishment.
		Henry R. Kravis has been a member of KKR & Co., LLC since 1996, was a General Partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. from its establishment through 1995 and has been a general Partner of KKR Associates, L.P. since its establishment.
		He was a General Partner of KKR from January 1995 until January 1, 1996 when he became a member of the limited liability company that serves as the general partner of KKR.
	www.bordenchem.com /eReport/leadership/directors.asp?pageprintable=yes (817 words)

	KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO.
		The Alea Group is controlled by Alea Group Holdings AG in Baar, Switzerland which was organized in 1997 by management and an affiliate of Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts and Co. to pursue targeted growth and acquisition opportunities in the insurance and reinsurance industry.
		Alea Group Holdings AG announces $100m USD capital injection from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. LLP (KKR), the US based private equity firm, as part of year-end 2001 capital enhancement programme.
		London, UK, November 2, 2001 -- Alea Group Holdings AG (Alea) a global reinsurance enterprise, announced today that by December 31, 2001 it will receive a capital injection of $100M (USD) from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. LP (KKR), the U.S.-based private equity firm.
	www.kkr.com /news/press_releases/2001/11-2-01.html (584 words)

	AP881103-0280
		British publisher Robert Maxwell has emerged the apparent victor in the takeover battle for Macmillan Inc. after a Delaware court invalidated Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co.'s merger pact with the publishing and infomation services company.
		Spokesmen for Kohlberg Kravis, which also is making an unprecedented $20.3 billion bid for RJR Nabisco Inc., were unavailable for comment after the ruling.
		At issue Wednesday was a so-called ``lock-up'' provision in the Kohlberg Kravis deal that had given the powerful New York buyout firm the right to buy certain prize Macmillan assets for $865 million if the publishing and information company is acquired by another suitor.
	ils.unc.edu /~viles/172i/users/big/docs/AP881103-0280 (584 words)

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