KKR wins firm of the year at AVCJ Awards
KKR was named firm of the year and won the large-cap fundraising prize at the 2017 AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards. Yichen Zhang of CITIC Capital was honored as PE professional of the year while PAG Asia Capital and an MBK Partners and Goldman Sachs-led consortium took the awards for large-cap deal and large-cap exit, respectively.
A total of 18 prizes were presented, including three awards to celebrate the 30th anniversary of AVCJ – by marking the leading investment from each decade in which the publication has been active. KKR...
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