Carl Ludwig Oliver Haarmann (born September 1967) is a German

private equity Private equity (PE) is stock in a private company that does not offer stock to the general public; instead it is offered to specialized investment funds and limited partnerships that take an active role in the management and structuring of the co ...

financier, and a founding partner of Searchlight Capital Partners.

Early life

Oliver Haarmann was born in September 1967. He earned a bachelor's degree in history and international relations from

Brown University Brown University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is the List of colonial colleges, seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the US, founded in 1764 as the ' ...

in 1990, and an

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from

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate school, graduate business school of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university. Located in Allston, Massachusetts, HBS owns Harvard Business Publishing, which p ...

in 1996.

Career

Haarmann was managing director and partner at

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts KKR & Co. Inc., also known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., is an American global private-equity and investment company. , the firm had completed private-equity investments in portfolio companies with approximately $710 billion of total ...

(KKR). In June 2007, ''

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'' reported that only one of KKR's (then taking over

Alliance Boots Alliance Boots was a multinational pharmacy-led health and beauty group with corporate headquarters in Bern, Switzerland and operational headquarters in Nottingham and Weybridge, United Kingdom. The company had a presence in over 27 countries ...

) eight London-based partners (not Haarmann) was tax-domiciled in the UK. Searchlight Capital was established in 2010 by

Eric Zinterhofer Eric Louis Zinterhofer (born August 1971) is an American private equity financier who is a founding partner of Searchlight Capital Partners. Early life Eric Zinterhofer was born in August 1971. He is the son of Dr. Louis J. M. Zinterhofer and Su ...

, Haarmann, and Erol Uzumeri, its founding partners. Haarmann is a director of Ocean Outdoor and Hunter Boot. He is a trustee of

, the Surgo Foundation , IntoUniversity, and

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Personal life

Haarmann was married to fellow private equity businesswoman

Mala Gaonkar Mala Gopal Gaonkar (born November 1969) is an American businesswoman, former portfolio manager at investment firm Lone Pine Capital, and the head of investment firm SurgoCap Partners. Early life and education Gaonkar was born in November 1969 i ...

. They have two sons.

References

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