Oliver Haarmann

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Oliver Haarmann
BornSeptember 1967 (age 56)
NationalityGerman
Alma mater Brown University
Harvard Business School
Occupationbusinessman
Titlefounding partner, Searchlight Capital Partners
Spouse Mala Gaonkar (divorced)
Children2

Carl Ludwig Oliver Haarmann (born September 1967) is a German private equity financier, and a founding partner of Searchlight Capital Partners. [1] [2]

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Early life

Oliver Haarmann was born in September 1967. [3] [4] 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. [5]

Career

Haarmann was managing director and partner at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR). [5] [6] 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. [7]

Searchlight Capital was established in 2010 by Eric Zinterhofer, Haarmann, and Erol Uzumeri, its founding partners. [8] [9]

Haarmann is a director of Ocean Outdoor [ citation needed ] and Hunter Boot. [10]

He is a trustee of Brown University, [11] the Surgo Foundation [ citation needed ], IntoUniversity, and Art Angel. [10]

Personal life

Haarmann was married to fellow private equity businesswoman Mala Gaonkar. They have two sons. [12]

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