KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced that the Board of Directors of KKR Real Estate Select Trust Inc. (KREST) has appointed Julia Butler to the newly created role of Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of KREST. A veteran real estate investor and Managing Director at KKR, Butler is now on KREST’s dedicated senior leadership team. She will oversee investment management…
Restaurant365, an industry leading all-in-one restaurant enterprise management software, announced it has agreed to a $135M funding round co-led by global investment firms KKR and L Catterton with participation from current investors, including ICONIQ Growth and Bessemer Venture Partners. Restaurant365 is transforming the restaurant industry by providing operators with innovative solutions to increase sales, control food costs, and optimize labor. The company’s…
KKR, a global investment firm, announced it has named Dan Pietrzak as Global Head of Private Credit. Most recently, Pietrzak served as Co-Head of Private Credit with Matthieu Boulanger, who is leaving to pursue other opportunities. “As traditional lenders pull back, scaled private credit investors have a real opportunity to provide capital to high quality…
KKR, a global investment firm, and Rakuten Group, Inc., (“Rakuten”) announced the signing of definitive agreements under which a fund managed by KKR will purchase Rakuten’s stake in Seiyu (the “Company”), a leading, nationwide supermarket chain in Japan. With this purchase, KKR increases its stake in Seiyu from 65% to 85% Following this transaction, Rakuten…
KKR, a global investment firm, announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which investment funds managed by KKR will acquire Industrial Physics, a leading manufacturer of testing and measurement instruments, from Union Park Capital (UPC). KKR plans to support the Company in its continued growth organically and through add-on acquisitions. Financial terms were not…
KKR, a global investment firm, and CoolIT Systems (CoolIT), a leading provider of scalable liquid cooling solutions for the world’s most demanding computing environments, announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which KKR will acquire CoolIT. The investment will support the Company’s ability to scale and serve its global customers across the data center…
Global investment firm KKR announced an agreement to make a growth investment in leading strategic advisory and communications firm, FGS Global. Under the terms of the agreement, WPP plc (“WPP”) will remain the Company’s majority owner and FGS employees will remain substantial shareholders. FGS also plans to expand its employee ownership to include nearly half…
KKR, a global investment firm, and Gaw Capital Partners (Gaw Capital), a leading real estate private equity firm, announced the signing of definitive agreements under which funds managed by KKR and Gaw Capital will acquire Hyatt Regency Tokyo (or “the Hotel”), an iconic luxury hotel located at the heart of Tokyo, from Odakyu Electric Railway…
KKR, a global investment firm, announced the appointment of Paula Campbell Roberts as Chief Investment Strategist for Private Wealth. In this newly created role, Roberts will work closely with KKR’s Global Macro, Balance Sheet and Risk team to deliver actionable investment insights to KKR’s private wealth partners, which include wirehouses, private banks, independent/regional broker-dealers, registered…
Global investment firm KKR announced that KKR has completed KKR’s acquisition of Hitachi Transport System Ltd. (HTS). KKR holds the shares of HTS through HTSK Co., Ltd. (“HTSK”), a special purpose entity which owns 100% of the shares with voting rights in HTS, and through HTSK Holdings Co., Ltd. (“HTSK Holdings”), a 100% parent and holding company of HTSK.…
KKR, a global investment firm, announced that Pete Stavros and Nate Taylor have been named Global Co-Heads of KKR’s Private Equity (PE) business. Since 2019, Stavros and Taylor have served as Co-Heads of Private Equity in the Americas. As Global Co-Heads, Stavros and Taylor will work closely with regional PE leadership and teams around the world to support alignment on…
KKR, a global investment firm, announced that Johannes Huth, Partner & Head of KKR EMEA, has been named Chairman of EMEA. In his new role, Huth will focus on investing and helping continue to scale the European business he has been instrumental in building over the last 24 years. As Chairman, he will prioritize his…
Boasso Global, Inc. (Boasso) and Q Super Holdings, Inc. (Quala) announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which the companies will merge their complementary businesses to create one of the leading infrastructure services solution providers for the liquid bulk logistics industry. The transaction is supported by a new investment from Boasso’s majority shareholder, KKR, through its KKR…
KKR, a global investment firm, announced a strategic partnership with Amit Agarwal, a former senior executive of Thermo Fisher and Omega Engineering, and Andy Silvernail, KKR Executive Advisor and the former Chairman and CEO of IDEX Corporation, to acquire and build businesses in the Testing, Inspection, and Certification (“TIC”) industry. KKR’s Ascendant strategy is committing up to $250 million in funding for…
KKR, a global investment firm, announced the closing of KKR’s previously announced investment in Clinisupplies, a market leader in continence care products in the UK, from Healthium. In addition to Claus Bjerre, KKR Senior Advisor and former Chief Executive Officer of Atos Medical AB and former President, North America, of Coloplast, who will serve as Chairman of Clinisupplies’ Board of Directors,…