About the Buyer and Seller
KKR, founded in 1976, is based in New York, New York. The company has 3,966 employees listed on LinkedIn. KKR’s areas of expertise include private equity, asset management, capital markets, credit, real estate, infrastructure, energy real assets and special situations.Ness, founded in 1998, is based in Teaneck, New Jersey. The company has 5,458 employees listed on LinkedIn. Ness’ areas of expertise include software product engineering, systems integration, custom application development, software engineering services, digital engineering services, digital design, user experience engineering, user experience design, digital transformation, software product development, Salesforce.com, IoT, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), cloud, data & analytics, intelligent engineering, cloud engineering, digital solutions, DevOps and digital advisory.KKR Acquires Ness Digital Engineering: Executive Insight


“Digital transformation and adoption is a critical strategy for businesses of all sizes worldwide. Against this backdrop, KKR believes that Ness is well-positioned for growth, supported by its exceptional, experience-led product engineering heritage. KKR is pleased to invest in Ness’ capabilities and looks forward to working alongside its talented team to further scale Ness’ digital-first platform, achieve its global ambitions, and better enable its customers to compete in the digital economy.”
“We are thrilled to welcome an investor of KKR’s caliber in Ness. We believe this transaction will help us turbocharge our growth plans and further strengthen our competitive market position. We look forward to leveraging KKR’s global platform and strong investment and operational expertise to deliver more innovative solutions to help our customers keep up with the pace of digitalization required by the accelerated online economy. I want to thank TRG for their consistent stewardship throughout the years. They have been great strategic partners to the management team and helped us to execute our growth strategy.”