KKR’s take-private of RJR Nabisco in 1988 was memorialised in the best-selling business book (and later film), Barbarians at the Gate. The title of the book is perhaps something KKR’s founders would have changed if they could, for it implies that the firm and the industry approach deals in a way that is at odds with its core values emphasising partnership.
George Roberts: On fame and friendship
'The last time we fought was when we were about eight years old – and that was over a bicycle,' says KKR co-founder George Roberts of cousin and fellow co-founder Henry Kravis.
