Joseph Bae

Joseph Yong Bum Bae is the co-chief executive officer of KKR & Co. Inc, along with Scott Nuttall. The two took over as co-chief executives in fall 2021 from KKR's founders, Henry Kravis and George Roberts.

Bae joined KKR in 1996 after a short stint at Goldman Sachs. He is credited with a critical role in KKR's expansion in Asia. He is the first Korean-American to hold a top corporate position in his industry.

Bae, along with his wife Janice Y. K. Lee, was among a group of Harvard alumni who donated $45 million for Harvard's Asian American studies program in 2021. In 2021, he was one of the founders of The Asian American Foundation.

He graduated from Harvard College with a bachelor's degree. Provided by Wikipedia