Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
American investment manager
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| April 2025 | KKR agreed to acquire OSTTRA, a joint venture of S&P Global and CME Group, for $3.1 billion. OSTTRA provides post-trade services across multiple financial markets. |
| April 2025 | KKR and Stonepeak's £1.6 billion bid for Assura plc was accepted by the company's board, pending regulatory and shareholder approval, with completion expected in autumn 2025. |
| March 31 2025 | KKR was given preferred bidder status for Thames Water, moving the bid to the next stage pending regulatory approval. |
| February 19 2025 | KKR submitted a £4 billion equity bid to acquire a majority stake in Thames Water. |
| February 17 2025 | KKR and Universities Superannuation Scheme's $2 billion takeover bid for British healthcare property developer Assura was rejected. |
| February 4 2025 | KKR raised its bid for Fuji Soft to 9,850 yen per share, surpassing Bain Capital's previous offer. KKR now holds a 33.97% stake in the company and continues a bidding war for the $4 billion IT firm. |
| December 19 2024 | KKR extended its tender offer period for Fuji Soft to January 9, competing with Bain Capital for control of the Japanese software maker. |
| November 23 2024 | KKR was linked to a potential takeover bid for ITV plc, involving a possible break-up of core assets. |
| June 2024 | KKR retained second place in Private Equity International's PEI 300 ranking and is expected to join the S&P 500 index. |
| April 2024 | KKR acquired Indian company Healthium MedTech for $839 million. |
| March 2024 | KKR acquired a majority stake in Avantus, a US-based solar energy and energy storage developer. |
| February 26 2024 | KKR announced the purchase of VMware's End-User Computing arm from Broadcom for $3.8 billion. |
| November 2023 | KKR acquired Potter Global Technologies from Gryphon Investors. |
| October 2023 | KKR secured a minority stake in Catalio Capital Management, a venture capital and medical investment fund management firm. |
| August 2023 | KKR agreed to buy Simon & Schuster from Paramount Global for $1.6 billion, with the acquisition completed on October 30, 2023. |
| April 11 2023 | KKR agreed to buy a 30% stake in FGS Global, valuing the company at about $1.4 billion. |
| October 2022 | KKR acquired ISO tank services provider Boasso Global from Apax Partners. |
| July 2022 | KKR acquired a 25% minority stake in Northumbrian Water Group for approximately £870 million. |
| June 2022 | KKR sold Cardenas to Apollo Global Management and rose to the top of Private Equity International's PEI 300 ranking. |
| May 2022 | KKR led a $200 million investment round in Semperis, a cybersecurity company. |
| April 2022 | KKR signed an agreement to purchase Barracuda Networks from Thoma Bravo, which closed in August, and acquired all shares of Mitsubishi UBS Realty. |
| February 2022 | KKR acquired an 8.5% stake in Nexon, a Japanese-South Korean video game company. |
| 2021 | Henry Kravis and George Roberts conclude their long-running co-CEO tenure, signaling the end of an era for the firm's original leadership. |
| 2021 | Scott Nuttall and Joseph Bae are appointed as Chief Executives, signaling a new leadership era for the private equity firm. |
| November 2021 | KKR sold Audiobooks.com to Storytel for $135 million and announced a $15 billion acquisition of CyrusOne with Global Infrastructure Partners. |
| January 2021 | KKR acquired a majority stake in Ryan Tedder's music catalogue, including OneRepublic songs from 2016 onwards. |
| November 2020 | KKR partnered with Rakuten to acquire 85% of Seiyu, a Japanese nationwide retail chain owned by Walmart. |
| September 2020 | KKR invested $755 million in the retail arm of Reliance Industries Ltd. |
| August 31 2020 | KKR sold Epicor Software Corp. to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in a $4.7 billion deal. |
| June 2020 | KKR led a $48 million funding round for Artlist, a royalty-free media content provider. |
| May 2020 | KKR invested $750 million in cosmetics producer Coty, acquiring 60% ownership of a new business division. |
| May 2020 | KKR negotiated to purchase a $1.5 billion stake in Jio Platforms, with a potential maximum value of $65 billion. |
| March 2020 | KKR acquired Viridor from Pennon Group for £4.2 billion. |
| January 2020 | KKR announced the acquisition of OverDrive, Inc., a major eBook distributor for libraries, with potential consolidation with RBMedia subsidiary. |
| December 2019 | KKR, together with Alberta Investment Management Corporation, acquired a 65% stake in the Coastal GasLink Pipeline project from TC Energy, sparking widespread protests across Canada. |
| August 2019 | KKR acquired Arnott's, the Australian snack unit of Campbell Soup Company, for $2.2 billion. |
| August 2019 | KKR acquired a majority stake in German payment service provider Heidelpay for over €600 million. |
| August 2019 | KKR became the biggest shareholder of German media group Axel Springer, paying $3.2 billion for a 43.54% stake. |
| July 2019 | KKR acquired the Canadian software company Corel. |
| July 2019 | Alexander Navab dies at age 53. |
| April 2019 | KKR acquired German film production company Wiedemann & Berg Film Production. |
| February 2019 | KKR acquired Brightsprings and the German media company Tele München Gruppe. |
| July 2018 | KKR purchased RBMedia, a major independent publisher and distributor of audiobooks. |
| July 2018 | KKR sold Gallagher Shopping Park in West Midlands, UK to South Korean investors Hana for £175 million. |
| July 22 2018 | KKR announced taking over Taipei-based LCY Chemical Corp. in a $1.56 billion deal. |
| 2017 | KKR purchased an 80 percent stake in Dixon Hospitality Group, which became Australian Venue Co. (AVC). |
| September 18 2017 | Toys 'R' Us filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. |
| July 2017 | KKR acquired WebMD Health Corp for $2.8 billion, PharMerica for $1.4 billion, Pepper Group for $518 million, Covenant Surgical Partners, and Envision Healthcare Corporation's ambulance business. |
| July 17 2017 | Scott Nuttall and Joseph Bae are named co-president and co-COO of KKR, responsible for day-to-day operations. |
| July 6 2017 | KKR announced a merger of Northern California Mi Pueblo and Cardenas Market. |
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