KKR Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

KKR's CEO is Joe Bae, appointed in Oct 2021, has a tenure of 3.17 years. total yearly compensation is $49.96M, comprised of 0.6% salary and 99.4% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 2.06% of the company’s shares, worth $2.63B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.5 years and 7.1 years respectively.

Key information

Joe Bae

Chief executive officer

US$50.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	0.6%
CEO tenure	3.2yrs
CEO ownership	2.1%
Management average tenure	3.5yrs
Board average tenure	7.1yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Joe Bae's remuneration changed compared to KKR's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Sep 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$3b
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$4b
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	US$4b
Dec 31 2023	US$50m	US$300k	US$4b
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$3b
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	-US$258m
Dec 31 2022	US$80m	US$300k	-US$591m
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	-US$204m
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$895m
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$3b
Dec 31 2021	US$560m	US$300k	US$5b
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$6b
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$5b
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$5b
Dec 31 2020	US$36m	US$75k	US$2b
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$973m
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$166m
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	-US$18m
Dec 31 2019	US$35m	US$300k	US$2b
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Dec 31 2018	US$36m	US$300k	US$1b
Sep 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Jun 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2018	n/a	n/a	US$899m
Dec 31 2017	US$144m	US$300k	US$985m

Compensation vs Market: Joe's total compensation ($USD49.96M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD12.86M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Joe's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Joe Bae (52 yo)

3.2yrs

Tenure

US$49,959,449

Compensation

Mr. Joseph Yong Bae, also known as Joe, is Co-CEO & Director of KKR & Co. Inc. He joined the KKR & Co. Inc. in 1996. He focuses on Infrastructure sector in Asia region. He was Co-President & Co-COO of KKR...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
George Roberts	Co-Founder & Executive Co-Chairman	no data	US$35.22m	9.93% $ 12.7b
Henry Kravis	Co-Founder & Executive Co-Chairman	no data	US$35.28m	9.33% $ 11.9b
Joseph Bae	Co-CEO & Director	3.2yrs	US$49.96m	2.06% $ 2.6b
Scott Nuttall	Co-CEO & Director	3.2yrs	US$47.11m	2.37% $ 3.0b
Robert Lewin	Chief Financial Officer	no data	US$25.94m	0.14% $ 173.6m
Dane Holmes	Chief Administrative Officer	less than a year	US$26.66m	0.00096% $ 1.2m
Ryan Stork	Chief Operating Officer	2.9yrs	no data	no data
Henry McVey	Partner & Head of Global Macro	no data	no data	no data
Emil Werr	Managing Director of Technology	3.9yrs	no data	no data
Ruchir Swarup	Partner & Chief Information Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Craig Larson	Partner and Head of Investor Relations	13.6yrs	no data	no data
Bruce Karpati	Global Chief Compliance Officer	10.9yrs	no data	no data

3.5yrs

Average Tenure

52.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: KKR's management team is considered experienced (3.5 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
George Roberts	Co-Founder & Executive Co-Chairman	no data	US$35.22m	9.93% $ 12.7b
Henry Kravis	Co-Founder & Executive Co-Chairman	no data	US$35.28m	9.33% $ 11.9b
Joseph Bae	Co-CEO & Director	7.4yrs	US$49.96m	2.06% $ 2.6b
Scott Nuttall	Co-CEO & Director	7.4yrs	US$47.11m	2.37% $ 3.0b
David Petraeus	Partner & Chairman of KKR Global Institute	11.6yrs	no data	no data
Patricia Russo	Independent Director	13.7yrs	US$323.47k	0.0096% $ 12.3m
Arturo Gutierrez Hernandez	Independent Director	3.8yrs	US$309.70k	0.0013% $ 1.7m
Xavier Bruno Niel	Independent Director	6.8yrs	US$298.29k	0.0033% $ 4.2m
Mary Dillon	Independent Director	6.3yrs	US$320.72k	0.0029% $ 3.7m
Robert Scully	Independent Director	14.4yrs	US$365.46k	0.020% $ 24.9m
Adriane Brown	Independent Director	3.5yrs	US$309.31k	0.0012% $ 1.5m
Matthew Cohler	Independent Director	3yrs	US$327.38k	0.011% $ 13.8m

7.1yrs

Average Tenure

64.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: KKR's board of directors are considered experienced (7.1 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/20 22:46
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

KKR & Co. Inc. is covered by 33 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Stephen Biggar	Argus Research Company
Benjamin Budish	Barclays
Roger Freeman	Barclays

KKR Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

KKR Announces Executive Appointments, Effective January 1, 2025

Recent updates

TVS Credit Reportedly to Make A Bid for Avendus Capital

KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) agreed to acquire an unknown minority stake in Rebel Foods Private Limited.

Baring Private Equity Asia Fund VIII managed by EQT Private Capital Asia completed the acquisition of PropertyGuru Group Limited (NYSE:PGRU) from TPG Asia VI SF Pte. Ltd., TPG Capital, L.P., KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR), REA Group Limited (ASX:REA) and others.

Domino’s Among Four Bidders Reportedly Targeting Wingstop UK Takeover

Thames Water Receives Buyout Offer from Investment Group Covalis Capital

KKR Announces Executive Appointments, Effective January 1, 2025

KKR European Fund VI, a fund managed by KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) completed the acquisition of an additional 50% stake in FGS Global Inc from WPP plc (LSE:WPP) for approximately $780 million.

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

KKR: Great Business At An Unattractive Valuation (Downgrade)

KKR Reportedly in Talks to Acquire Integral Ad Science

Third quarter dividend of US$0.17 announced

New minor risk - Profit margin trend

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.74 (vs US$1.71 in 3Q 2023)

KKR Q3: Strong Growth Prospects, High Valuation, Still A Hold

KKR Reportedly Withdraws from Race for $3 Billion Loscam

KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR), Hein Park Capital Management LP and creditors of Belk, Inc. agreed to acquire an unknown majority stake in Belk, Inc.

KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) acquired TPS Parking Management, LLC from Green Courte Partners, LLC.

KKR Reportedly Walks Away from $3 Billion Plus Loscam Deal

KKR Reportedly to Weigh Takeover Bid for ASMPT

Brookfield Reportedly Eyes Singapore Post

Thoma Bravo, L.P. completed the acquisition of Darktrace plc (LSE:DARK) from KKR Dark Aggregator, Summit partners.

Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. entered into an agreement to acquire GeoStabilization International LLC from KKR Americas Fund XII LP, a fund managed by KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR).

Nomura Holdings and Mizuho Financial Group Reportedly Leading Bidders for Avendus Capital

Earnings Tell The Story For KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR)

Impilo AB and KKR Health Care Strategic Growth Fund II SCSp managed by KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) completed the acquisition of an unknown minority stake in Immedica Pharma from Impilo AB.

Nomura Reportedly Enters the Race to Acquire Avendus

Alkem Reportedly Joins $3 Billion Race for JB Chem as Torrent Pauses Talks

Carlyle, Mizuho & Premji Invest Reportedly Aim for Avendus

KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and Mirastar Real Estate Investment Management Limited acquired Portfolio of Five Prime Logistics assets from Peel Logistics Management Limited.

KKR's Trillion-Dollar Playbook: How Shareholders Could Win Big

KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) acquired Kent Valley industrial building in Auburn from Blackstone Real Estate Advisors L.P for $58.4 million.

KKR Reportedly in Talks to Buy The Parking Spot in $1.4 Billion Deal

KKR, TPG Capital, Apax Partners and Other PE Firms Reportedly Eye Purchase of Sahajanand Medical Technologies

EQT Private Capital Asia agreed to acquire PropertyGuru Group Limited (NYSE:PGRU) from TPG Capital, L.P., KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR), REA Group Limited (ASX:REA) and others for $1 billion.

KKR-Led Consortium Reportedly Starts Sale Process for Around $3.0 Billion Philippines Hospital Business

Inter Infrastructure Capital a fund managed by IKANO Fund Management SA acquired 12.25% stake in Q-Park N.V. from company's existing shareholders and KKR Global Infrastructure Investors II LP a fund managed by KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR).

Torrent Pharma Reportedly is Said to Seek Raising $3 Billion for KKR's Stake in JB Chemicals

KKR European Fund VI, a fund managed by KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) entered into an agreement to an additional 50% stake in FGS Global Inc from WPP plc (LSE:WPP) for approximately $780 million.

KKR European Fund VI, a fund managed by KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) entered into an agreement to an additional 50% stake in FGS Global Inc from WPP plc (LSE:WPP) for approximately $780 million.

Second quarter dividend of US$0.17 announced

Price target increased by 8.6% to US$132

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.75 (vs US$0.98 in 2Q 2023)

Now 22% overvalued after recent price rise

KKR & Co. Inc. Declares Dividend for the Second Quarter of 2024, Payable on August 27, 2024

Torrent Pharmaceuticals Reportedly in Talks to Acquire KKR’s Stake in JB Chemicals

General Atlantic, Other PE Funds Reportedly in Talks for Majority Stake in AIMS

KKR North America Fund XIII SCSp managed by KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and Dragoneer Investment Group, LLC entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Instructure Holdings, Inc. from Thoma Bravo, L.P. and others for $3.6 billion.

A joint venture between T-Mobile US, Inc. (NasdaqGS:TMUS) and KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MetroNet Holdings, LLC from Oak Hill Capital Management, LLC and the Cinelli family.

KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) along with Tower Bridge Infrastructure Partners LP managed by Global Infrastructure Management, LLC completed the acquisition of 40.86222% stake in Vantage Towers AG (DB:VTWR) from Vodafone GmbH.

KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) along with Tower Bridge Infrastructure Partners LP managed by Global Infrastructure Management, LLC completed the acquisition of 40.86222% stake in Vantage Towers AG (DB:VTWR) from Vodafone GmbH.

KKR Reportedly Mulls Options for Stake in Biotage

KKR Reportedly Considers $3 Billion Sale of KITO Crosby

CEO Compensation Analysis

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