Distinguished Speaker Series: Henry Kravis
About the speaker:
Henry Kravis
Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of KKR & Co Inc.
Henry R. Kravis is co-founder, co-chairman, and co-chief executive officer of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company (KKR), a leading global investment firm.
Mr Kravis currently serves on the boards of Axel Springer and ICONIQ Capital, LLC. He also serves as a director, chairman emeritus, or trustee of several other cultural, professional, and educational institutions, including The Business Council (former chairman), Claremont McKenna College, Columbia Business School (co-chairman), Mount Sinai Hospital, the Partnership for New York City (former chairman), the Partnership Fund for New York City (founder), Rockefeller University (vice chairman), Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (chairman), and the Tsinghua School of Economics and Management in China.
Mr Kravis founded the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College, where he established the Kravis Prize in Leadership, which honours leadership in the non-profit sector.
Mr Kravis earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Claremont McKenna College and a master’s degree in business administration from Columbia Business School.
About Liveris Academy Distinguished Speaker Series
Hear from international leaders, CEOs and Pulitzer Prize winners during this exclusive, thought-provoking webinar series.
As the world begins to bounce back from COVID-19, international focus turns to how organisations and governments can balance the need for growth with long-term sustainability. The leaders featured in the 2021 Distinguished Speaker Series will share their views on how we can move towards a fairer, more sustainable world for all.
Introduced by the Academy’s Founding Donor Andrew N. Liveris AO, UQ’s talented Liveris Scholars will interview our esteemed speakers who will share their insights into creating a more sustainable future and what they consider to be the opportunities and priorities for global leadership in the 21st century.
A Zoom link will be sent to registrants prior to the event.