Live Nation, Sony, BMG Rights, KKR and Bertelsmann were also said to be in the mix.
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Just last week, nine Goldman prop traders left the firm to join private equity giant KKR.
The deal put KKR on the map, and we all made a lot of money.
Nevertheless, as a result of the deal Drexel got hundreds of millions in fees from KKR.
The KKR venture is taking control as the property appears to be on the upswing.
L.P. (KKR), Fortress Investment Group (FIG), and Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (OZM).
Big-name firms including KKR, Cerberus Capital Management LP, Providence Equity Partners and Wilbur Ross Jr.
Since then, KKR has greatly expanded its own headcount and reshuffled its investment portfolio repeatedly.
They've tapped hefty investments from the likes of Goldman Sachs, UPS, Disney and KKR.
Two years later KKR is vilified in the bestseller Barbarians at the Gate .
They may have also set him up as the heir apparent at mighty KKR.
Private equity firm KKR is reportedly exploring the possibilities of launching a joint bid either with Nestle or Hershey.
The same approach has now been adopted by at least one of KKR's rivals, the Carlyle Group.
Irving will succeed Scott Wagner, a Member of KKR who has been serving as interim CEO since July.
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Indeed, Sealy has greatly deteriorated since KKR took it public in 2006: The stock is down nearly 90%.
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Then, last year, KKR did what I thought they should do earlier: They put in more equity capital.
Zhone is what KKR partner James Greene calls a "build-up": assemble the pieces, create value, sell it off.
Zhone is what KKR partner James Greene calls a "buildup": Assemble the pieces, create value, sell it off.
William Atwood, executive director of the Illinois State Board of Investment, has invested in a KKR buyout fund.
One year later Stefano Pessina, the firm's executive chairman, and KKR, a private-equity firm, took the company private.
We could all be Warren Buffetts but for KKR and Warburg Pincus.
With an occupancy rate of about 85%, KKR aims to improve mall conditions to attract new and higher-paying tenants.
KKR's co-investor in the deal is YTC Pacific, which will manage the property.
Blackstone didn't return a call, while a KKR spokeswoman said she had not heard talk about it at her firm.
In September, KKR cofounders Henry Kravis and George Roberts injected cash into KKR Financial to try to stabilize the company.
For example, KKR announced last month that it plans to sell Italy-based FL Selenia to the Malaysian oil company Petronas.
The problem was so bad, Nuttall says, that KKR began maintaining a spreadsheet listing opportunities it had to turn down.
The KKR culture means everything to the co-founders, and the interview process to get in the door can take months.
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The buyout of TXU Corp. last year took place after KKR and Texas Pacific dropped plans for eight such plants.
That is far smaller than the amount required to move the needle for mega buyout firms like Blackstone or KKR.
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