Corporate raiders at KKR became notorious as the original ‘Barbarians at the Gate’ in a 1989 book of the same name about their predatory assault on US conglomerate RJR Nabisco.
KKR was founded in 1976 by Jerome Kohlberg, Henry Kravis and George Roberts, and today manages £265billion of assets.
It bought Alliance Boots in 2007, with the support of top shareholder and boss Stefano Pessina, for £11.1billion.
Bosses now believe the UK is a fertile hunting ground once again, after Brexit and the pandemic depressed company valuations.
Caprioli said KKR will have ‘dedicated people covering the UK’, including investment director Michaela Wood, who is moving from rival CVC Capital Partners.
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(Bloomberg) Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.’s Co-Chief Operating Officer Alex Gourlay will exit the company and Ornella Barra will assume the role of chief operating officer international, Walgreens said Friday.
Gourlay will leave his post May 17 and serve as a senior adviser to Walgreens’s new chief executive officer Rosalind Brewer until the end of the year. At that point, he will leave the company and return to the U.K., Walgreens said in a regulatory filing.
Barra will continue to oversee operations of Walgreens’ international businesses, the company said. She will assume that role April 30 and report directly to Brewer.