Jackie Kahng
Managing Director
Jackie Kahng (Hong Kong) joined KKR in 2024 and is a Managing Director in KKR Capital Markets (KCM). She leads real estate and structured capital markets across Asia and serves as country leadership for KCM in Korea. Prior to joining KKR, Ms. Kahng worked for Ropes & Gray LLP in Hong Kong where she was a partner, heading their Asia leveraged finance transactions, including acquisition finance and real estate finance. There, she led numerous KKR financings in Korea and across Asia. Previously, she was an associate in the banking and finance group at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in Hong Kong and New York. Ms. Kahng holds a Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude, from the Seoul National University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan. She is qualified for the bar in New York and Hong Kong. Ms. Kahng is also a native Korean speaker.