KKR tops private equity deal makers

As reported by Bloomberg, KKR was followed by Bain Capital LLC, Apax Partners LP, Blackstone Group LP and Carlyle Group. The company invested 18.8 billion US-Dollar and was involved in 44 private equity deals. Bain Capital deployed 15.3 billion US-Dollar across 33 transactions in 2011. According to Preqin, Washington-based Carlyle Group invested 10.6 billion US-Dollar in 47 deals. (Photo: www.kkr.com)

KKR's 7.2 billion US-Dollar acquisition of Tulsa, Oklahoma-based producer Samson Investment Co. represents the largest leveraged buyout in 2011 and it also topped the charts as the single largest private-equity-backed purchase of an E&P company ever. The acquisition was KKR's largest since it bought the U.S. Foodservice unit of Royal Ahold NV for 7.1 billion US-Dollar (2007).