When I graduated from Columbia Business School in 1969, George (Roberts, KKR co-founder) was already working for Bear Stearns. He was in the investment bank's corporate finance department, which was led by Jerry Kohlberg, who was co-head of the section.
The New York Stock Exchange in 1972. Jerry, George and I worked together at Bear Sterns, a trading firm with a trading mentality focused only on short-term profits. © AP
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