KKR & Co. Inc.
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Exchange
- US
- Country
- USA
- IPO date
- Jul 15, 2010
- Employees
- 5,043
- Website
- www.kkr.com
Composite valuation range · conservative $60–$75 / fair $80–$105 / optimistic $125–$150. At $101.63, Within the fair intrinsic-value range.
At publication $94.04 (May 26, 2026)
Data from EODHD, shown in the reporting currency; for reference only, not investment advice.
KKR & Co. Inc. is a private equity and real estate investment firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. It specializes in acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, credit special situations, growth equity, mature, mezzanine, distressed, turnaround, lower middle market, and middle market investments. The firm considers investments in all industries with a focus on software, cybersecurity, fintech, data and information, security, semiconductors, consumer electronics, internet of things (iot), internet, information services, information technology infrastructure, financial technology, network and cyber security architecture, engineering and operations, content, technology and hardware, energy and infrastructure, real estate, services industry with a focus on business services, intelligence, industry-leading franchises and companies in natural resource, containers and packaging, agriculture, airports, ports, forestry, electric utilities, textiles, apparel and luxury goods, household durables, digital media, insurance, brokerage houses, non-durable goods distribution, supermarket retailing, grocery stores, food, beverage, and tobacco, hospitals, entertainment venues and production companies, publishing, printing services, capital goods, financial services, specialized finance, pipelines, and renewable energy. In energy and infrastructure, it focuses on the upstream oil and gas and equipment, minerals and royalties and services verticals. In real estate, the firm seeks to invest in private and public real estate securities including property-level equity, debt and special situations transactions and businesses with significant real estate holdings, and oil and natural gas properties. The firm also invests in asset services sector that encompasses a broad array of B2B, B2C and B2G services verticals including asset-based, transport, logistics, leisure/hospitality, resource and utility support, infra-like, mission-critical, and environmental services. Within Americas, the firm prefers to invest
History
KKR & Co. Inc. is a private equity and real estate investment firm. It completed its IPO on July 15, 2010. The firm converted to a C-Corporation in 2018; on an annualized basis its dividend has grown for the seventh consecutive year since that conversion, rising from $0.50 to $0.78 per share. Through the acquisition and consolidation of Global Atlantic, KKR added an insurance business, and it now reports across three segments: Asset Management, Insurance, and Strategic Holdings.
Industry position
KKR is a first-tier global alternative asset manager, defining itself as a global investment firm offering alternative asset management, capital markets, and insurance solutions. As of Q1 2026 its AUM was about $757.9B, alongside Blackstone at roughly $1.304 trillion, Apollo over $1 trillion, Ares about $644.3B, and Carlyle about $475.0B. As of year-end 2025, AUM reached $744B and FPAUM $604B, of which perpetual capital was $321B (43% of AUM, 51% of FPAUM). It operates a balanced platform spanning private equity, credit, insurance, and infrastructure.