MBA Recruiters by School · Private Equity
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: which MBA programs it recruits from
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (Private Equity) appears on the published MBA employer lists of 8 of the 26 top U.S. business schools that name their recruiters, for the Classes of 2023 to 2025. It recruits narrowly, so school choice matters if this is your target.
Its H-1B record: thin sponsor. USCIS approved 9 new H-1B petitions for it in fiscal year 2025 and 21 across fiscal years 2024 to 2026 (2026 partial).
Schools also print it as: KKR, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), KKR & Co., Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR).
About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
KKR is a global investment firm founded in 1976 that manages alternative assets across private equity, credit, infrastructure and real estate, with $796 billion under management at June 30, 2026. Its student careers page lists a Summer Analyst Program, an MBA Internship Program and a Full Time Analyst Program, with a 10-week US summer internship and recruiting in the US, Europe, India and Asia-Pacific. Past MBA internship postings have included the Client and Partner Group and KKR Capstone, the firm's operational improvement team.
Official links: Website · Students and graduates page
Read from the company's own pages in October 2026. Programs and deadlines change every cycle, so check the careers page before you plan around it.
Schools whose employer lists name Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
| School | Listed for the Class of | The school’s full list | In the report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard HBS | 2023, 2024, 2025 | full employer list | jobs and pay |
| Pennsylvania Wharton | 2023, 2024, 2025 | full employer list | jobs and pay |
| Chicago Booth | 2024, 2025 | full employer list | jobs and pay |
| Northwestern Kellogg | 2023 | full employer list | jobs and pay |
| MIT Sloan | 2023, 2025 | full employer list | jobs and pay |
| Columbia CBS | 2023 | full employer list | jobs and pay |
| Yale SOM | 2024 | full employer list | jobs and pay |
| NYU Stern | 2025 | full employer list | jobs and pay |
Not on the list at
Berkeley Haas, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, Michigan Ross, UVA Darden, Cornell Johnson, Carnegie Mellon Tepper, USC Marshall, UCLA Anderson, UT McCombs, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Georgetown McDonough, UW Foster, Indiana Kelley, Vanderbilt Owen, Rice Jones, Emory Goizueta, Minnesota Carlson. A gap means the school did not print the name for those classes, which is not proof it never hires there: some schools publish only companies that hired several graduates, and a few publish a hand-picked selection. The school pages say how each list was built.
Other private equity employers with wide reach
Apollo Global (8) · Partners Group (8) · Bain Capital (6) · Evergreen Services Group (6) · Shore Capital Partners (6) · StepStone Group (6) · Actis (5) · Alpine Investors (5)
Questions about Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Which MBA programs does Kohlberg Kravis Roberts recruit from?
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is named on the published employer lists of 8 of the 26 top U.S. MBA programs that publish names, Classes of 2023 to 2025: Harvard HBS, Pennsylvania Wharton, Chicago Booth, Northwestern Kellogg, MIT Sloan, Columbia CBS, Yale SOM and NYU Stern.
Does Kohlberg Kravis Roberts hire MBAs from Harvard HBS?
Harvard HBS lists Kohlberg Kravis Roberts as an employer for the Classes of 2023 and 2024 and 2025. A listing means the school printed the company on its own employer list; it does not say how many people were hired.
Does Kohlberg Kravis Roberts sponsor H-1B visas for MBA hires?
Its H-1B record: thin sponsor. USCIS approved 9 new H-1B petitions for it in fiscal year 2025 and 21 across fiscal years 2024 to 2026 (2026 partial). The record covers all of the company's approved new petitions, not MBA hires alone.
How do I get to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts from a school that doesn't list it?
Most hiring at firms like this comes through networking rather than on-campus recruiting, and the schools that do list it are where that network is densest. Build your school list around the programs that name your target employers, and say so in your applications. The report's How to choose schools section explains how.