Private Equity · Profile from Private Equity Research Companion
Kohlberg & Company (1987 – present)
Middle-market control buyout firm founded by Jerome Kohlberg Jr. — the "K" who left KKR in 1987 — and his son James Kohlberg. Based in Mount Kisco, New York. Over nearly four decades it evolved from a founder-led boutique with a moral critique of 1980s LBO excess into a fully institutional, multi-generational middle-market franchise whose 2024 flagship (Fund X) closed at $4.3 billion.
7 deals and moves analysed
Each one gets a full strategy file in the companion: context, the decision, the financing, what happened, and the lesson.
1992
Northwestern Steel and Wire
Control Investment in an ESOP-Owned Steelmaker
2004
Singer SVP Worldwide
Post-Bankruptcy Acquisition and Brand Combination
2006
Packaging Dynamics
Take-Private and Combination with Thilmany
2007
Central Parking
Take-Private
2008
Bauer Hockey
Corporate Carve-Out from Nike
2008
Pittsburgh Glass Works
Corporate Carve-Out from PPG
2020
PCI Pharma Services
Secondary Buyout of a Pharma Outsourcing Platform