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Kroll Bond Rating Agency’s Jules Kroll Featured in Forbes Magazine

  • NewMarketsVP
  • Apr 2, 2014
  • 1 min read

Updated: Nov 20, 2024


In a series on business leaders, Forbes recently featured a story on Kroll Bond Rating Agency founder, Jules Kroll. About the impressive growth of the company, Bruce Rogers writes:

“The 105 person firm has gone after the most problematic, under researched segments of the market and has gained more than 50% market share in the U.S. commercial mortgage backed market, as well as almost 40% market share in the residential mortgage backed market. KBRA is now often selected as the ‘number two’ agency on deals, elbowing in alongside heavyweights S&P and Moody’s.”


Read the full story of Kroll’s inspiration for starting the ratings agency business, and his goals for it, here:



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