Private Equity Pioneers

KKR is proud of its history and landmark achievements in the finance community. Some of these achievements include:

• The first billion-dollar buyout transaction (Wometco Enterprises, 1984)
• Several of the largest global buyout transactions ever (Energy Future Holdings, 2007, $46.5B; HCA, 2006, $33.0B; RJR Nabisco, 1989, $31.4B; First Data, 2007, $29.2B; TDC A/S, 2006, €12.4B; Alliance Boots, 2007, £12.4B; Capmark, 2006, $16.8B; SunGard, 2005, $12.0B; Biomet, 2007, $11.6B; Beatrice, 1986, $8.7B)
• The first buyout of a public company by tender offer (Malone & Hyde, 1984)
• The largest leveraged buyout in Europe (Alliance Boots, 2007, £12.4B)
• The two largest leveraged buyouts in the Netherlands (NXP, 2006, €9.0B; Maxeda[fka Vendex KBB], 2004, €2.5B)
• The largest leveraged buyout in Singapore (Avago Technologies, Inc., 2005, $2.8B)
• The largest leveraged buyout in Denmark (TDC A/S, 2006, €12.4B)
• The largest leveraged buyout in India (Aricent, 2006, $0.9B)
• The two largest leveraged buyouts in France (Legrand, 2002, €4.6B; PagesJaunes Groupe, 2006, €5.6B)
• Three of the largest Canadian leveraged buyouts (Shoppers Drug Mart, 2000, C$2.7B; Masonite, 2005, C$3.1B; Yellow Pages Group, 2002, C$3.1B)
• The development of the leveraged build-up model (PRIMEDIA, 1989; KSL, 1993)

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