The Story of Ken Mehlman of Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co & the Environmental Defense Fund
Monday, February 22nd, 2010In the beginning, when Henry Kravis and his partner George Roberts set up Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co (KKR) in the mid-seventies with the assistance of the First Chicago Corporation, their specialization was in “bootstrap” buyouts. Moving on, in a drive to make their portfolio companies and acquisitions more ecologically aware, KKR have set in motion an innovative green enterprise which has totally changed the method by which business concerns and environmental activists work together…