Mike Bloomberg just bought a $45 million Colorado ranch. Take a look at the...
Mike Bloomberg just bought a Colorado ranch for $44.79 million, The Wall Street Journal reported.The former NYC mayor and former presidential candidate is worth $56.2 billion, per Forbes.He purchased...
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(Reuters) - KKR & Co LP , the private equity firm founded and headed by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, said on Monday it had appointed Joseph Bae and Scott Nuttall as co-presidents and co-chief...
View ArticlePrivate equity is finally locked and loaded for some huge IPOs (KKR, BX)
Private equity firms could be close to an IPO spree as they look to exit some monster investments in the fourth quarter.From payments processor First Data to broadcaster Univision, companies could...
View ArticleA giant of the private equity industry got smoked on a big energy bet (KKR,...
It's official: Samson Resources, the Oklahoma-based oil-and-gas exploration company, has gone bust.The company filed for Chapter 11 late Wednesday.KKR, which bought the company for $7.2 billion, is out...
View ArticleThe 3 most important letters in private equity are changing (KKR, BX, CG)
The three most important letters in the private equity industry are no longer "LBO."Now what really matters is "AUM," or assets under management.Thanks to big banks being regulated out of businesses...
View ArticleThere's a new generation of private equity titans (BX, KKR, LULU, BOJA, VIRT,...
Private equity will soon see a changing of the guard. The first generation of Wall Street’s Barbarians at the Gate have taken their firms public and charted out ambitious expansions into hedge funds,...
View ArticleRemembering the grandfather of private equity in an era of 'Barbarians at the...
Jerome Kohlberg was a gentleman in an age of 'Barbarians at the Gate.'The founder of private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co died on Thursday at his home in Martha's Vineyard,...
View ArticlePrivate equity is finally getting ready to cash in (kkr)
In July, three companies that were targets of some of the largest ever leveraged buyouts — Univision, the Spanish-language broadcaster; technology company First Data; and supermarket Albertsons — filed...
View ArticleHenry 'Barbarian at the Gate' Kravis said it was 'scary' when Trump floated...
Legendary private equity chief Henry Kravis said it was "scary" when Donald Trump floated his name as a possible Treasury Secretary if he were to be elected president. "That was scary when he said...
View Article'Barbarian' buyout baron Henry Kravis is already having a very bad week (KKR,...
It's only Monday afternoon, and it's already been a long week for private equity firm KKR. The day started with the bad news that US Foods' $3.5 billion deal to sell to food distributor Sysco was...
View ArticleGordon Gekko Sat Next To Henry 'Barbarian At The Gate' Kravis At The Super Bowl
If you were watching the Super Bowl, then you might've noticed this legendary image.It's of Henry Kravis sitting next to Michael Douglas.Most people know Michael Douglas for his role as Gordon Gekko,...
View ArticleFormer CIA Director David Petraeus Joins Private Equity Giant KKR
Former CIA Director and retired U.S. Army General David Petraeus has joined private equity giant KKR, the firm said in a release. Petraeus, who resigned from the top post at the CIA over an...
View ArticleHow To Get Off The American Federation Of Teachers Hedge Fund Blacklist
Much of the talk in the hedge fund space lately has been about the American Federation of Teachers "watch list" of hedge funds that was released last week. The AFT's report "Ranking Asset Managers" was...
View ArticleBig Investors Are Getting Behind A Startup That Connects Users With Wall...
The brain behind Capital IQ, the financial database service that was sold to McGraw Hill in 2004 for over $200 million, has a new product for Wall Street, Deal Book reports.Capital IQ co-founder Neal...
View ArticleTed Forstmann Has Brain Cancer
There is sad news about a Wall Street legend.Ted Forstmann, a private equity legend, has brain cancer and is "gravely ill," according to the WSJ.Charlie Gasparino says:Forstmann recently underwent...
View ArticleWhat The Richest People On Wall Street's Charity Donations Say About Them
Wall Street CEO's and hedge fund managers are loaded.One of the ways they stay that way is with charity tax write offs. Most of Wall Street's donations are pretty run-of-the-mill. Fighting poverty....
View ArticleGOSSIP: Today's Wall Street Buzz in 60 Seconds
ING has cut 5% of its U.S headcountin preparation for an IPO. The company began laying off 400 people yesterday.Blackstone's senior managing director thinks thatWarren Buffett criticizes leveraged...
View ArticleREVEALED: The Buyer Of The $28 Million Chair
Remember back in March during the very depths of the crisis, there was a story about PE boss Henry Kravis spending $28 million on a single antique chair?Well, it wasn't true. Kravis never paid that...
View ArticleThe legendary buyout shop made famous by 'Barbarians at the Gate' just...
(Reuters) - KKR & Co LP , the private equity firm founded and headed by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, said on Monday it had appointed Joseph Bae and Scott Nuttall as co-presidents and co-chief...
View ArticlePrivate equity is finally locked and loaded for some huge IPOs (KKR, BX)
Private equity firms could be close to an IPO spree as they look to exit some monster investments in the fourth quarter.From payments processor First Data to broadcaster Univision, companies could...
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