Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. is a global alternative asset manager, established in 1976, that sponsors and manages funds making investments in private equity, fixed income and other assets in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. It has more than $37.5 billion in private equity assets under management and more than $13.3 billion in credit assets under management through private and publicly traded funds and separately managed accounts. It carries out capital market activities through its broker dealer subsidiaries.