Henry R. Kravis (born January 6, 1944) is an American businessman. He is the co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., a private equity firm with over $62 billion in assets as of 2011. He has an estimated net worth of $4 billion as of March 2012, ranked by Forbes as the 88th richest man in America and the 281st richest man in the world.