Ishaan Patel

Ishaan Patel is a Private Equity Associate at KKR, specializing in Industrials Private Equity since September 2025. Prior to this role, Ishaan served as a Private Equity Associate at GTCR LLC, focusing on flagship buyout strategies from August 2024 to August 2025. Ishaan began a career in finance as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Morgan Stanley, where employment lasted from June 2022 to July 2024. Ishaan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a Minor in Statistics from the University of Chicago, graduating summa cum laude in 2022, and completed secondary education at Phillips Academy, graduating with highest honors in 2018.