KKR
fund on 5 shows · 5 statements across 4 episodes · said 12 times in 9 episodes since 2021
the Knowledge Project 7 
Founder's Journal 3 
Acquired 1 
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Weinberg: Harvey abandoned a $700M acquisition after securing $500M equity
“The idea was basically we were gonna buy this company that ended up, it was 10 times bigger than us, people-wise and about the same, like, we were gonna, trying to buy the company For the same, a little bit higher valuation than we are valued at. We tried to b…”
Les Schwab rejected acquisition offers from Warren Buffett, Michelin, and KKR
“He wind up turning down Buffett earlier in his career. He winds up turning down Michelin tire. They wanted to buy the company and turns out KKR tried to buy the company as well.”
Gupta: Re-accelerating Growth Once a Business Stalls Is Extraordinarily Difficult
“Growth is extraordinarily hard to come by once you've kind of stopped growing. It is so hard to get something to move up again.”
Gupta: Every Investment Decision Rests on Identifying Three Critical Assumptions
“Every time you make an investment, you are kind of thinking, here are the three things that need to go right in order for this thing to work.”