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Oliver Haarmann | |
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| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Brown University Harvard Business School |
| Occupation | businessman |
| Title | founding partner, Searchlight Capital Partners |
| Spouse | Mala Gaonkar (divorced) |
| Children | 2 |
Carl Ludwig Oliver Haarmann is a German private equity financier, and a founding partner of Searchlight Capital Partners. [1] [2] He is a minority owner of the New York Islanders. [3]
Oliver Haarmann was born in September 1967. [4] [5] He earned a bachelor's degree in history and international relations from Brown University in 1990, and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1996. [6]
Haarmann was managing director and partner at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR). [6] [7] In June 2007, The Daily Telegraph reported that only one of KKR's (then taking over Alliance Boots) eight London-based partners (not Haarmann) was tax-domiciled in the UK. [8]
Searchlight Capital was established in 2010 by Eric Zinterhofer, Haarmann, and Erol Uzumeri, its founding partners. [9] [10]
Haarmann is a director of Ocean Outdoor [11] and Hunter Boot. [11]
He is a trustee of Brown University, [12] the Surgo Foundation [13] , IntoUniversity, and Art Angel. [11]
He is a minority owner of the New York Islanders National Hockey League team. [14]
Haarmann was married to fellow private equity businesswoman Mala Gaonkar. They have two sons. [15]
As of July 2025, he was dating actress Reese Witherspoon. [16]