Henry Kravis

Henry Kravis holds an MBA from Columbia University. After various jobs in New York City's financial sector he joined Bear, Stearns and Company with his cousin George Roberts and worked under corporate finance manager Jerome Kohlberg Jr. In 1976 the three men left to set up their own investment company, Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co, which has grown to become one of the world's most prominent private equity firms. The list of companies Henry Kravis has bought and sold over the years include many of the great American brand names, such as Texaco, Gillette, Safeway and Legrand.