DealBook (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Why does Henry R. Kravis, the co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, want to take the storied private equity firm public now, given the poor performance of rival Blackstone Group’s stock and mounting concern that the credit crisis may suffocate deals inked during the preceding boom? That’s the question that The New York Times’ Andrew [...]
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
The decision to go public is the latest twist for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., but some are puzzled by the timing.
New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Kekst, a longtime adviser to dealmakers including billionaire Henry Kravis and ex-Citigroup chief Sandy Weill, is being stuck with an unpaid $400,000 bill for providing Lehman and then-chief Dick Fuld with crisis p.r. as the storied investment bank sank into bankruptcy, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Prominent New Yorkers such as Henry Kravis and David Rockefeller joined Henry Kissinger, the former Secretary of State, in an open letter endorsing Michael Bloomberg's bid for another four-year term in 2009, which is barred by legislation on term limits
New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
In today's Post, a group of prominent New Yorkers, including Henry Kissinger, Richard Parsons, David Rockefeller and Henry Kravis, signed an open letter to city residents calling on the council to extend term limits so New Yorkers "can vote for whomever they think can do the best job during these tough economic times, including our current mayor."
Berkeley Blog (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
... about ways Wall Street bankers and their ex-wives (today's Times reports about an ex-wife of Henry Kravis who spends fortunes decorating her many houses and those of her friends in the colors of blue and white) spend their fortunes. Once they have spent more on houses and transportation devices than they could possibly use (or even recall, as is the case with John McCain), they set...
NakedShorts (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
In its surge to make the world safe for assorted rogues, pirates and racketeers, the Federal Reserve Board advertently played the Henry Ford — “History is bunk” — card Monday night and invited the ultimate foxes into the tumbledown henhouse...
RedBlueChristian (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
... but property confiscation. It also will sharply curb buyers of the distressed assets. You think Henry Kravis or Steve Schwarzman are gonna take a salary cap and lose an ownership share of the private-equity funds they themselves created and built? They shouldn’t and they won’t. And these funds are crucial to the new process. The only banks that will sell in this over-regulatory environment...
VC Ratings (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
... Davis got the New York City Investment Fund, a well-endowed investment vehicle formed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. founder Henry Kravis, to come on board as a key backer. NYC Seed was unveiled to much fanfare in June by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Other partners include New York's Industrial and Technology Assistance Corp., or ITAC; the New York State Foundation for...
NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... Thomas R. Krens.Also last week, the announced it appointed Ann Temkin as its Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture. Temkin replaces John Elderfield, who retired in July.Temkin has served as MoMA’s Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Curator of Painting and Sculpture at MoMA since 2003 and has played “a key role in the Museum’s acquisition of important works...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
NEW YORK.- Ann Temkin has been appointed The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, it was announced today by MoMA Director Glenn D. Lowry. In this role, Ms. Temkin will guide all aspects of the department, including its installations, acquisitions, exhibitions, and loan programs.
Risk Moment RES (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE: The leveraged-buyout pioneer plans again to take K.K.R. public, targeting global infrastructure plays (toll roads and airports) and fixed income. He might want to think about security guards as well: this winter, protesters gathered outside his Upper East Side co-op to show a Web documentary entitled War on Greed: Starring Henry Kravis & His Homes. The film accuses...
DealBook (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE: The leveraged-buyout pioneer plans again to take K.K.R. public, targeting global infrastructure plays (toll roads and airports) and fixed income. He might want to think about security guards as well: this winter, protesters gathered outside his Upper East Side co-op to show a Web documentary entitled War on Greed: Starring Henry Kravis & His Homes. The film accuses...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
... did not name names, Blackstone co-founder Steve Schwarzman's continued rivalry with KKR co-founder Henry Kravis was documented in the September 2007 edition of Vanity Fair.Mr Ailman stopped short of saying that the increasingly public nature of private equity was the reason behind CalSTRS reduced allocation, however, stressing that everything is taken into account when decisions are...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
... the biggest names in American commerce as personal friends - Blackstone's Pete Peterson and KKR's Henry Kravis to take just two - Obama relies on business leaders with connections to his home state of Illinois to fight his corner.So while McCain can rely on Carly Fiorina, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, and eBay founder Meg Whitman as two of his key cheerleaders, Obama's...
