Kelso &

Private Equity SEC-registered adviser

Legal name: Kelso & Company, L.P.

New York, NY Website LinkedIn

AUM

$14.3B
Regulatory AUM

Private funds

54
Private Equity 54

Private fund assets

$16.6B
Gross asset value

Employees

64

Last Form D raise

Jul 2024
Most recent fund filing

From SEC Form ADV filing (filed Apr 30, 2026). View on SEC

People(25)

Owners and executive officers named on the firm's SEC Form ADV.

A
Limited Partner and Managing Director
A
Limited Partner and Managing Director
C
Limited Partner and Managing Director and Co-Chief Executive Officer
C
Limited Partner and Managing Director
D
Limited Partner and Managing Director
D
Limited Partner and Managing Director
F
Limited Partner and Managing Director
F
Limited Partner and Managing Director
F
Limited Partner and Managing Director and Co-Chief Executive Officer
H
Limited Partner and Managing Director

Funds(54)

Private funds reported on Form ADV, with amounts raised from the funds' SEC Form D filings.

FundTypeGross assetsRaised (Form D)InvestorsLast Form DRecency
Kelso XI Bison Co-Investment, L.P.Private Equity$48.0M——Jul 2024Cold
Kia X Knight SPV, L.P.Private Equity$439.3M——Jun 2024Cold
Kia X Knight SPV (de), L.P.Private Equity$439.3M——Jun 2024Cold
Kelso Investment Associates XI, L.P.Private Equity$3.4B$2.8B148Oct 2023Cold
Kelso XI Tailwind Co-Investment (de), L.P.Private Equity$158.2M——May 2023Cold
Kelso XI Tailwind Co-Investment, L.P.Private Equity$104.3M——May 2023Cold
Kelso XI Indigo Co-Investment II, L.P.Private Equity$46.7M——Jan 2023Cold
Kelso XI Heights Co-Investment, L.P.Private Equity$230.0M——Aug 2022Cold
Kelso XI Heights Co-Investment (de), L.P.Private Equity$230.0M——Aug 2022Cold
Kia XI Waterloo SPV, L.P.Private Equity$412.3M——Jun 2022Cold
Kia XI Waterloo SPV (de), L.P.Private Equity$412.3M——Jun 2022Cold
Kelso XI Indigo Co-Investment, L.P.Private Equity$82.0M——May 2022Cold
Kelso X Pie Co-Investment, L.P.Private Equity$175.5M——Mar 2021Cold
Kelso Breathe Investor, L.P.Private Equity$627.6M——Feb 2021Cold
Kelso Breathe Investor (de), L.P.Private Equity$627.6M——Feb 2021Cold

Board seats(3)

Companies whose SEC Form D filings name one of this firm's people as a director, matched by name and office ZIP code.

$342.2M raised
Since May 2022
SEC Form D
$342.2M raised
Since May 2022
SEC Form D
Arctic Topco
OtherNew York, NYDirector: Alec Hufnagel
$124.9M raised
Since Jan 2022
SEC Form D

Shares boards with

Firms whose people sit on the same company boards.

Regulatory identifiers

CRD number
131471
SEC file number
801-73793

Sources