Builds on Commitment to Supporting Shared Ownership Programs in Majority-Owned Investments
NEW YORK, April 02, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the final closing of KKR North America Fund XIV (“NAX4” or the “Fund”), an approximately $23 billion fund focused on pursuing opportunistic private equity investments in North America through a disciplined and consistent investment approach. NAX4 is the largest private equity fund raised that focuses on investing solely in North America.
“We are grateful for the support we received for NAX4 and for the trust our investors continue to place in us. Raising our largest fund in this environment reflects the consistency of our approach and the work our teams are doing inside our portfolio companies every day,” said Pete Stavros and Nate Taylor, Global Co-Heads of Private Equity at KKR. “Our approach is straightforward. We look for fundamentally good companies and work alongside management teams to make them better—operationally and culturally. We’ve built a platform designed to support that work, and we see a strong pipeline of opportunities ahead.”
KKR has a nearly 50-year track record of investing in North America. Over the past decade, across NAX4’s three predecessor funds—KKR North America Fund XI, KKR Americas Fund XII, and KKR North America Fund XIII—KKR has delivered a gross IRR of 23% (19% net) and a gross multiple on invested capital of 2.1x (1.8x net) as of December 31, 2025. KKR’s private equity assets under management have doubled since 2020 and today, KKR manages approximately $229 billion in assets across flagship regional, growth and core investment vehicles.1 The close of NAX4 brings the total amount of capital raised across the most recent vintages of KKR’s flagship regional funds to $46 billion.
NAX4 received strong support from a diverse global group of both new and existing investors, including public and private pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments and foundations, private wealth platforms, family offices, high-net-worth individual investors and other institutional investors.
The Fund intends to build on its predecessor’s commitment to supporting majority owned companies in implementing broad-based employee ownership programs. KKR focuses on employee engagement and broad-based equity participation as a key driver in building stronger companies and expanding financial opportunity. Since 2011, 85 KKR portfolio companies have awarded billions of dollars in equity to more than 200,000 non-senior management employees globally.
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