2020–2024
In May 2020, two months after acquiring Viridor for £4.2 billion, the company invested $750 million in cosmetics producer Coty and $1.5 billion in Jio Platforms. In June, it acquired it purchased OverDrive, Inc., a major e-book distributor for libraries that merged with its subsidiary RBMedia.
In June, when it led a $48 million funding round for Artlist, a provider of royalty-free music, sound effects and video, KKR acquired Roompot Group, a provider of holiday parks in Europe, from French private equity firm PAI Partners for approximately €1 billion. In August, a group primary represented by private-equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice acquired Epicor for $4.7 billion.
In November, two months after investing $755 million in Reliance Industries' retail arm, it partnered with Rakuten to acquire 85% of Seiyu Group, the Japanese nationwide retail chain owned by Walmart. In January 2021, KKR acquired a majority stake in the catalogue of American musician Ryan Tedder, including his band OneRepublic and the songs that he composed for other artists since 2016.
In November 2021, in addition to selling Audiobooks.com to streaming company Storytel for $135 million, KKR partnered with Global Infrastructure Partners to acquire CyrusOne for $15 billion. In February 2022, the firm acquired 8.5% of Nexon.
In May 2022, after acquiring Mitsubishi UBS Realty, a Japanese real estate asset manager, it led about $200 million investment round in Semperis, a cybersecurity company focused on identity protection.
In June, when it sold Cardenas to funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, the company rose to the top of Private Equity International's PEI 300 ranking for the first time, replacing Blackstone Inc. as the largest private equity firm in the world. KKR slipped back to second place in 2023 and 2024, before regaining top spot in the 2025 list.
In July, a month before acquiring Barracuda Networks, the firm purchased a 25% stake in Northumbrian Water Group, a UK water utility company, for approximately £870 million. In October, KKR acquired ISO tank services provider Boasso Global from Apax Partners.
In April 2023, it acquired a 30% stake in FGS Global that valued the company at about $1.4 billion. In August, KKR sold its controlling stakes in Australian Venue Co. to PAG for about A$1.4 billion.
In October, KKR acquired Simon & Schuster, a Big Five publisher, for $1.6 billion; Simon & Schuster employees received employee stock ownership in the company on completion of the acquisition. In the same month, it secured a minority stake in Catalio Capital Management, a firm specializing in the management of venture capital and medical investment funds.
In November 2023, KKR acquired Potter Global Technologies from Gryphon Investors.
In January 2023, KKR invested 700 billion won in 2023 after the first purchase of 400 billion won in private equity bonds by Taeyoung Group holding company TY Holdings.
On January 2, 2024, KKR completed its acquisition of the remaining 37% of Global Atlantic Financial Group, paying approximately $2.6 billion to increase its ownership to 100%. KKR had initially acquired a majority stake in Global Atlantic in 2021.
In February 2024, KKR acquired the End-User Computing (EUC) division of VMware, which had been acquired by Broadcom, in a deal worth $3.8 billion. The division, renamed Omnissa, includes the VDI product Omnissa Horizon and the device management suite Workspace ONE UEM (formerly AirWatch). In April, KKR acquired Indian company Healthium MedTech in an $839 million deal.
In June, KKR retained second spot in Private Equity International's 2024 PEI 300 ranking, behind Blackstone Inc. In the same month, it acquired Superstruct Entertainment, owner of European music festivals including Wacken Open Air (Germany), Boardmasters (UK) and Zwarte Cross (The Netherlands) for approximately €1.3 billion.
On June 24, 2024, KKR was added to the S&P 500 index as part of the quarterly rebalance, replacing Robert Half Inc. The inclusion marked a significant milestone for KKR as one of the first major private equity firms to join the index.
In July, KKR acquired a majority stake in the US-based solar energy and energy storage developer Avantus. In November, CVC Capital Partners, TF1, RedBird Capital Partners, All3Media, Mediawan and KKR considered bidding for ITV plc and then selling ITV Studios and ITVX. The Hamburg-based asset manager of renewable energies Encavis AG was acquired (currently up to 91%) by KKR along with Viessmann and ABACON CAPITAL as co-investors.
