Customer Quotes by Henry Kravis

Giving back is something that comes from the heart to me. It's not that I do it because it's the right thing: I do…

— Henry Kravis

In the large buy out space, which is where we (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) focus our efforts, there are relatively few firms with the capital,…

— Henry Kravis

A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them.

— Henry Kravis

The trouble, in my opinion, with corporate America today, is that everything is thought of in quarters.

— Henry Kravis

As I said there is nothing wrong with failing. Pick yourself up and try it again. You never are going to know how good…

— Henry Kravis

Look, don't congratulate us when we buy a company, congratulate us when we sell it. Because any fool can overpay and buy a company,…

— Henry Kravis

One, I love the creativity. I love the ability to create a capital structure that is appropriate for a company, no matter what field…

— Henry Kravis

You only have one thing to sell in life, and that's yourself.

— Henry Kravis

I love the ability to work with very good managers, and to provide the right incentives for them, and truly become a partner with…

— Henry Kravis

It used to be that you would go in to see a CEO, and you would ask them, 'Is your company for sale?' and…

— Henry Kravis

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…

— Henry Kravis

Our industry expertise (at KKR) enables the firm not only to make better investment choices but also to win the confidence of senior management…

— Henry Kravis

But once you buy a company, you are married. You are married to that company.

— Henry Kravis

We've got a portfolio of companies that range all the way from hotels to television stations and cable TV companies, oil and gas, consumer…

— Henry Kravis

Whales who come up and spout off get harpooned.

— Henry Kravis