William Sonneborn

Mr. William Sonneborn is Senior Director, International Finance Corporation, overseeing all investments in Disruptive Technologies and Funds. Prior to joining IFC, Bill was the President of EIG and a member of the Investment and Executive Committees. Prior to joining EIG, he was a partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and a member of KKR’s Management Committee. Bill served as CEO of KKR Asset Management (the public markets side of KKR) as well as CEO and Director of KKR Financial Corporation (NYSE: KFN), a publicly traded specialty finance firm. He also sat on the board of Nephila Capital, a $10 billion Bermuda-based hedge fund in which KKR purchased a stake in 2013. Prior to joining KKR, he was with The TCW Group, Inc., most recently as President and Chief Operating Officer. Previously, he worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York and Hong Kong, where he focused on mergers & acquisitions.

Bill graduated with honors from Georgetown University. He is involved with a variety of non-profit organizations, serving as a director or trustee of the Georgetown University Board of Regents, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health at Stanford University, and St. Albans School.