Oliver Haarmann


Carl Ludwig Oliver Haarmann is a German private equity financier, and a founding partner of Searchlight Capital Partners.

Early life

Oliver Haarmann was born in September 1967. 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.

Career

Haarmann was a managing director and partner at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. In June 2007, The Daily Telegraph reported that only one of KKR's eight London-based partners was tax-domiciled in the UK.
Searchlight Capital was established in 2010 by Eric Zinterhofer, Haarmann, and Erol Uzumeri, its founding partners.
Haarmann is a director of Ocean Outdoor and Hunter Boot.
He is a trustee of the Surgo Foundation, IntoUniversity, and Art Angel.

Personal life

Haarmann is married to fellow private equity businesswoman Mala Gaonkar; they have two sons, and live in London.