Donald P. Kelly

Male, Deceased Person

1922 – 2010

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Who was Donald P. Kelly?

Donald P. Kelly was a Chicago businessman, most well known for the 1987 leveraged buyout of the Beatrice Companies. He was the chairman of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, the firm that, along with Drexel Burnham Lambert, financed the acquisition of the Beatrice conglomerate for over $6 billion. The deal was one of the most profitable of the 1980s. Later in life he was the CEO of D.P. Kelly and Associates, and trustee of the Museum of Science and Industry.

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Born
Feb 24, 1922
Chicago
Also known as
  • Donald Kelly
Died
Mar 18, 2010

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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