KKR & Co. (KKR)

KKR is one of the world’s largest alternative asset managers, with $470.6 billion in total assets under management, including $357.4 billion in fee-earning AUM, at the end of 2021. The company has two core segments: asset management (which includes private markets–private equity, credit, infrastructure, energy and real estate–and public markets– primarily credit and hedge/investment fund platforms) and insurance (following the February 2021 purchase of a 61.5% economic stake in Global Atlantic Financial Group, which is engaged in retirement/annuity and life insurance lines as well as reinsurance). On the asset management side, private markets accounts for 43% of fee-earning AUM and 67% of base management fees, while public markets account for 57% and 33%, respectively.