High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! KKR Co. L.P. (formerly known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Co.) (NYSE: KKR) is an American-based global private equity firm, specializing in leveraged buyouts, based in New York. The firm sponsors and manages private equity investment funds. Since its inception, the firm has completed over $400 billion of private equity transactions and was a pioneer in the leveraged buyout industry. In March 2010, KKR filed to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), with trading commencing on July 15, 2010.