Kohlberg Kravis Roberts was created in 1976.

Private, its ultimate parent is the company Kohlberg Kravis Roberts

martain skaggs started it in 1915 when his father had left

In 1986 Burd worked at Safeway as a management consultant after Kohlberg Kravis Roberts bought the ailing supermarket chain. In 1987 he went into the consulting business for himself

One of the largest leveraged buyouts on record was the acquisition of HCA Incorporated in 2006 by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Corporation, Bain and Corporation, and Merrill Lynch. The three companies paid around $33 billion for the acquisition.Ê