KKR COO steps down

KKR has announced that Ryan Stork has stepped down from his role as chief operating officer (COO) with immediate effect.

The alternatives manager disclosed Stork’s departure in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Stork joined KKR in 2022 as COO and partner. Prior to this, he spent more than 20 years at BlackRock, where he held a number of senior roles, including deputy COO and chairman of Asia Pacific. He also served as global head of Aladdin, BlackRock’s investment and risk management technology platform, and held distribution roles across Europe and the US.

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KKR is a global investment firm with strategies spanning private equity, private credit, infrastructure and real estate. The firm manages $282bn (£209.5bn) in private credit assets.

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