Britain for Sale: KKR leads a wave of US buyers bargain-hunting in London

  • In the late 1980s, KKR made its name as the most feared corporate raider in America, immortalised in the book Barbarians at the Gate. That legendary deal, a hostile, record-breaking takeover of RJR Nabisco, became symbolic of an era when private equity investors ruthlessly stormed company boardrooms, reshaping entire industries.