Energy & Utilities

TXU Energy (Energy Future Holdings)

KKR, TPG, and Goldman Sachs took TXU private in 2007 for $45B — the largest LBO in history at the time. Loaded with massive debt, filed one of the largest bankruptcies in US history in 2014. Texas consumers bore the cost through higher electricity prices.

FOUNDED
1882
ACQUIRED
KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts), 2007, $45 billion
IMPACTS
1 documented

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1882

TXU Energy (Energy Future Holdings) founded

2007

Acquired by KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) for $45 billion

2014

KKR/TPG's $45B TXU buyout — largest LBO in history — ended in massive bankruptcy

CriticalClosure / Bankruptcy

KKR, TPG, and Goldman Sachs took TXU private in 2007 for $45 billion, the largest leveraged buyout in history. Loaded with crushing debt, Energy Future Holdings filed one of the largest bankruptcies in US history in 2014. Texas consumers bore higher electricity prices. KKR and TPG lost most of their $8.3B equity investment.

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Energy Future Holdings Files for Bankruptcy

Wall Street Journal

Before / After

Debt loaded

reported 2014

before Texas's largest electric utility

after $45B debt, bankruptcy

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