The Henry Kravis Prize in Leadership is presented at Claremont McKenna College by Henry Kravis and Marie-Josee Kravis.

1. The Henry Kravis Prize in Leadership is presented at
Claremont McKenna College by Henry Kravis and Marie-Josee
Kravis.

2. About the Kravis Prize
• Established in 2006, the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership conducts a
rigorous due diligence and selection process to choose an annual recipient.
A formal Award Ceremony celebrates the recipient’s accomplishments and
$250,000 is directed to a nonprofit organization designated by the recipient.
The Prize aspires to impact the nonprofit sector overall by lauding strong
performance and sharing recipients’ best practices with others.
• The Prize is presented and administered by Claremont McKenna College
(CMC) and Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis. Mrs. Kravis, an economist, is
a Senior Fellow of the Hudson Institute; Mr. Kravis, founding partner of
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., is an alumnus and trustee of Claremont
McKenna College. The Prize is affiliated with The Henry Kravis Leadership
Institute, one of CMC’s ten distinguished research institutes.
• Mission: The Kravis Prize identifies extraordinary leaders in the nonprofit
sector, celebrates their accomplishments, and shares their best practices
with others.

3. Henry Kravis
• Henry Kravis began his career as vice president of Katy
Industries, a New York Stock Exchange company, where
he designed and implemented their acquisition program.
He then joined Bear Stearns & Co, became a partner and
remained there until 1976, when he and two partners
founded Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), a firm that
pioneered the development of private equity. Mr. Kravis
has been involved in the largest and most successful
acquisitions via private equity. These include RJR
Nabisco, Beatrice, Safeway, Duracell, Owens-Illinois,
Autozone, TXU, First Data, Toys R Us and Dollar General,
among others. In total, his firm has completed over 165
transactions with a total acquisition price of approximately
$422 billion. KKR has 11 offices in the United States,
Europe, Asia, and Australia.

4. Selection Committee
• Marie-Josée Kravis -
Selection Committee Chair
Senior Fellow, The Hudson
Institute
New York City, New York
• Harry T. McMahon ’75 P’08
P’09 -Executive Vice
Chairman, Bank of America
Merrill Lynch
Chairman, Claremont
McKenna College Board of
Trustees
Los Angeles, California
• Surin Pitsuwan ’72 - Former
Secretary General
ASEAN
Indonesia
• Amartya Sen - Thomas W.
Lamont University Professor,
Harvard University Nobel
Laureate, Economics (1998)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Ratan Tata - Chairman
Tata Group
India
• James D. Wolfensohn -
Chairman
Wolfensohn & Company, L.L.C.
Former President, The World
Bank
Washington, DC

5. The Process
• The Henry R. Kravis Prize recognizes and celebrates
extraordinary accomplishment and bold, visionary
leadership in the nonprofit sector. While the Prize typically
recognizes an outstanding individual, in exceptional
circumstances the Prize may be awarded to an
organization.
• The Prize Selection Committee annually reviews a
pool of candidates obtained from two sources:
• Formal nominations from a select group of individuals who are
invited to serve as Nominators based on their knowledge and
experience in the nonprofit sector.
• Suggestions of candidates submitted through the Kravis Prize
website.

6. Prize Recipients
• 2013: Johann Olav Koss
• 2012: Mothers2Mothers & Soraya Salti
• 2011: Vicky Colbert
• 2010: Pratham
• 2009: Sakena Yacoobi
• 2008: F.A.W.E.
• 2007: Fazle Abed
• 2006: Roy Prosterman

7. Sources
• All information came from the Henry Kravis Prize in
Leadership page at Claremont McKenna College.