No. 204United States
George Roberts
Private equity · Atherton, California
Net worth
$14.4B
Today
+$3M+0.02%Past month
+$776M+5.70%As of Nov 11, 2026, 1:50 PM EST
George Roberts cofounded KKR with his cousin, Henry Kravis, and Jerome Kohlberg (d. 2015) in 1976. Kravis and Roberts gave up their co-CEO titles in 2021; both now serve as executive co-chairs. Kohlberg left the firm in 1987. The duo took KKR public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2010 and converted it into a corporation in 2018. The firm is known for the 1988 buyout of RJR Nabisco, chronicled in the book "Barbarians At The Gate." KKR has some more than 250 portfolio companies and more than $650 billion in assets under management, making it one of the five largest private equity firms in the world
Net worth over time
+5.70%+$776M over the past month
$14B$14B$13B
Oct 12Nov 11
Principal holdings
2 positions| Company | Industry | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
KKR & Co. NYSE: KKR | Finance & Investments | 57.9% | $8.3B |
Private and other holdings | Finance & Investments | 42.1% | $6.1B |
Also known for
- Roberts and his wife have a passion for art; they sit on the boards of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
- Roberts' nonprofit, REDF, invests in companies that train and provide jobs for the disadvantaged.
“For any partnership to succeed you have to have certain shared values, making sure that people are aligned with their interests, their values are shared, and there are people you can trust. After all, people do business with people they like.”