KKR- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...070301627.html KKR's announcement established that Blackstone's IPO was not a singular event and suggested that the top buyout firms in the country, including Carlyle Group of the District, TPG Capital of Fort Worth and Madison Dearborn Partners of Chicago, could become public companies in the near future.
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this IPO will
not sell shares to the public, unlike blackstone BX did. but the IPO trend makes private equity firms worth watching, if there are any "private" ones left. the vultures are gathering.