58 Quotes by Henry Kravis

Our job really begins the day we buy the company, and we start working with the management, we start working with where this company is headed.

My next summer I worked in the research department of Goldman Sachs, and my last summer I was in institutional sales and corporate finance.

The Asian markets will have pivotal global significance in the coming decades and will offer significant investment opportunities for both KKR and our existing portfolio companies.

The Asian markets will have a pivotal global influence in the coming decades and will offer significant investment opportunities for both KKR and our existing portfolio companies, ... As the role of private equity in Asia grows and is further defined, KKR will carefully assess the landscape and determine the most appropriate ways to be a leading participant in that process.

Unfortunately, there is a flip side to having access to plentiful capital. It means that too many people without experience in building businesses have too much money.

It's a lucky find, ... When I first saw the painting I was overwhelmed by its beauty and its condition.

In hindsight, I wouldn't trade it for anything. It's been just a phenomenal career for me so far, and I don't see any reason why I should change.

To understand KKR, I always like to say, don't congratulate us when we buy a company. Any fool can buy a company. Congratulate us when we sell it and when we've done something with it and created real value.

If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it.