Chris Lee (Real Estate)

Chris Lee (New York) joined KKR in 2012 and is President of KKR's global real estate business. Mr. Lee also serves as Portfolio Manager for KKR Property Partners Americas. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (NYSE: KREF) where he previously served as Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-President since October 2015 and March 2016, respectively, through March 2020. Mr. Lee sits on KKR's US Operating Committee, KKR's Real Estate Equity and Credit Investment Committees, KKR's Real Estate Equity and Credit Portfolio Management Committees and chairs KKR's Real Estate Valuation Committee. Prior to joining KKR, he spent three years at Apollo Global Management on their global real estate team where he focused on real estate acquisitions. Mr. Lee also worked at Goldman Sachs in the merchant banking division's real estate principal investment area (REPIA) for five years after spending two years in the investment banking division. He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and his Bachelor's degree in Economics from Emory University. Mr. Lee currently serves as a trustee of St. Mark's School of Texas, as a member of the Board of Directors of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), as a member of the Board of Directors of the PREA Foundation, as a trustee of Collegiate School, as a member of the Dean's Advisory Council for Emory College of Arts and Sciences and as a trustee for the Wesley Mittman LePatner Foundation.