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Name

George Roberts

Primary Residence

Atherton, California

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Claremont McKenna College | Doctor of Jurisprudence, UC Hastings

Citizenship

United States

Forbes Self Made Score

Source Of Wealth

private equity, Self Made

Net Worth

$5,900,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/george-roberts

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

317

Forbes Philanthropy Score

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#317 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#109 Forbes 400 2018

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/

Summary

George Roberts is cofounder and co-CEO of private equity giant KKR & Co. and a pioneer in the leveraged buyout business.Along with his cousin Henry Kravis and their mentor Jerome Kohlberg, the three led KKR through debt-financed hostile takeovers starting in the 1970s.The firm is known for the 1988 buyout of RJR Nabisco, chronicled in the book "Barbarians At The Gate." KKR went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2010.

Did you know?

Roberts and his wife have a passion for art; they sit on the boards of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.His nonprofit, REDF, invests in companies that train and provide jobs for the disadvantaged.

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Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._Roberts