Saleena Goel Bio

Saleena Goel (New York) joined KKR in 2010 and is the Head of KKR Customized Portfolio Solutions, an investment team focused on strategic partnerships and other solutions. Prior to joining KKR, Ms. Goel founded Goel Capital Partners to advise sovereign wealth funds and other limited and general partners. Ms. Goel spent approximately five years as a senior member of AlpInvest Partners, investing over $4 billion across private market funds including buyout, distressed debt, mezzanine and venture capital. At AlpInvest, she held over 20 advisory board seats, including KKR. Prior to AlpInvest, Ms. Goel was a vice president at Capital Z Investment Partners where she seeded new managers primarily in the U.S. and Asia. Ms. Goel also invested directly in private equity and venture capital investments at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Atlas Venture, respectively. Ms. Goel holds a bachelors degree, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.