A pioneer of the private equity industry, George Roberts, co-founded Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. For over 30 years, George Roberts, along with KKR co-founder Henry Kravis, has led the firm in its growth into a leading global alternative asset manager. After graduating from the University of California Hastings Law School in 1969, Roberts joined Bear Stearns and Company. By the age of 29, he was a partner in the firm. Along with Henry Kravis and Jerome Kohlberg, he pioneered the leveraged buyout, borrowing money to buy a controlling interest in a given company, a practice that...