We invest in infrastructure. KKR believes that the global infrastructure market provides an opportunity for value creation through our unique combination of operational improvement, capital investment, and public affairs expertise.

The scale of global infrastructure investment demand is enormous. There is a growing need to replace or expand infrastructure, including for roads, railways, ports, airports, power and energy assets, communications networks, and more. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, an international organization helping governments engage the challenges of a globalized economy, the investment need is as high as $3 trillion annually. Traditional public funding sources have been unable to keep pace with this global investment need. Moreover, current economic conditions are likely to cause funding challenges to increase for the foreseeable future. We believe that the foregoing factors, taken together, create tremendous opportunity for private capital investment in infrastructure.

KKR has made a number of notable infrastructure investments historically, typically in first mover and highly complex situations. In May 2008, we announced plans to invest in infrastructure assets on a global basis. This investing effort is a logical extension of our investing experience, and reflects our desire to pursue infrastructure opportunities more systematically.

KKR's infrastructure investment strategy is founded upon five pillars that we believe provide us with a competitive advantage:

  • Extensive resources and capabilities
  • An experienced Infrastructure Team
  • An emphasis on operational improvement
  • Stakeholder relations expertise
  • Global reach and transaction sourcing capabilities

This strategy will enable KKR to couple our proven business model, global resources and capabilities with a dedicated infrastructure investing effort. In so doing, we will seek to further extend KKR's exceptional long-term investment performance to the infrastructure asset class and continue to set new standards of innovation and excellence for our investors.