#Latest news with #holdingCompanyBloomberg03-06-2025BusinessBloombergEx-Carlyle Direct Lending Head Debuts Firm With New PE PlaybookAfter years of working for the likes of private equity firms KKR & Co. and Carlyle Group Inc., Aren LeeKong is betting on a different investing model. The former Carlyle direct lending chief is structuring his new venture, Nine Dean, as a holding company that has no deadline to exit bets. The Ford Foundation stepped up as its anchor investor.
Bloomberg03-06-2025BusinessBloombergEx-Carlyle Direct Lending Head Debuts Firm With New PE PlaybookAfter years of working for the likes of private equity firms KKR & Co. and Carlyle Group Inc., Aren LeeKong is betting on a different investing model. The former Carlyle direct lending chief is structuring his new venture, Nine Dean, as a holding company that has no deadline to exit bets. The Ford Foundation stepped up as its anchor investor.
03-06-2025
