Jerome Kohlberg Jr.

Jerome Kohlberg, Jr.
Born(1925-07-10)July 10, 1925
DiedJuly 30, 2015(2015-07-30) (aged 90)
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Alma materSwarthmore College
Harvard Business School
Columbia Law School
Known forCo-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
SpouseNancy Kohlberg
Children4[1]

Jerome Kohlberg Jr. (July 10, 1925 – July 30, 2015) was an American businessman and investor. He was an early pioneer in the private equity and leveraged buyout industries founding private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and later Kohlberg & Company.