KKR appoints Ruchir Swarup as chief information officer

KKR has appointed Ruchir Swarup as a partner and chief information officer.

Swarup will be responsible for driving KKR’s technology strategy and vision. Based in New York, he will lead the firm’s efforts to embrace new technologies and scale existing technology to create efficiencies and reduce risk across the firm.

He joins KKR from Addepar, a leading software and data platform that is purpose-built for professional wealth, investment and asset management firms, where he served as chief technology officer. Before Addepar, Swarup spent nearly 20 years at BlackRock in various technology leadership roles in the United States and Asia, most recently as a managing director and global head of the Aladdin Product Group across business operations and enterprise systems.