Christian Ollig Bio

Christian Ollig (Frankfurt) joined KKR in 2008 and is the Head of KKR in Germany. At KKR, Mr. Ollig has played a significant role in KKR’s investments in Wild Flavors, Cognita, Hertha BSC, Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik AG (WMF), Hensoldt, Upfield and Axel Springer. Prior to joining KKR, he was a vice president at Lehman Brothers in the mergers & acquisitions group, and the media group in Frankfurt and New York, where he was involved in a range of KKR investments, including SBS Broadcasting, ProSiebenSat.1 and Kion. He holds an M.B.A. (Diplom-Kaufmann) with distinction from the University of Cologne and London Business School.