Relying on interviews with the three founders of the company, as well as other interested parties, Bartlett (business journalism, Baruch College, City U. of New York) recounts the story of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, a financial firm that in the 1980s came closest to making leveraged buyout a household term. For Bartlett, the story of KKR | The Money Machine by Sarah Bartlett, Paperback | Indigo Chapters