Awards & Recognition
★Private Equity International 'Private Equity Person of the Year' 2018
★Forbes 'World's Best CEOs' recognition
★Institutional Investor 'Top 40 Under 40' in finance
★Third-highest paid executive of publicly traded U.S. company in 2017
Notable Facts
→Co-CEO of KKR & Co Inc, managing $638 billion in assets under management
→First Korean-American to hold top corporate position in private equity industry
→Co-founded The Asian American Foundation in 2021
→Architect of KKR's highly successful expansion into Asia
→Led profitable exits including Oriental Brewery ($1.9B to $5.8B) and Panasonic healthcare unit
→Harvard College graduate, magna cum laude, economics degree 1994
→Net worth estimated at $2.4 billion by Forbes (2025)
→Fellow of Harvard Corporation and Global Advisory Council member
→Donated $45 million to Harvard's Asian American studies program with wife in 2021