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KKR Launches Galaxy Container Solutions

[ November 1, 2025   //   ]

Global investment firm KKR said it has launched Galaxy Container Solutions, a global marine container leasing and financing platform, in partnership with a team of industry veterans.

Galaxy will be owned by KKR-managed credit funds and accounts, which are committing US$500 million to the company via KKR’s Asset-Based Finance (ABF) strategy.

Galaxy’s suite of container leasing and financing solutions off global shipping companies enable flexible, capital-efficient access to the container fleets that keep global trade moving.

Galaxy’s management team is helmed by CEO Jeffrey Gannon and COO Adrian Dunner, who have launched and scaled multiple container leasing companies. Most recently, Gannon and Dunner co-founded and led Global Container International (GCI), the world’s seventh-largest marine containers lessor through its sale to Triton International.

The team includes former GCI CFO Stephen Controulis, and experienced specialists in container leasing management, operations, finance and sales functions.

KKR established its ABF strategy in 2016 and has since grown the platform significantly, with more than US$75 billion in ABF assets under management and a team of about 50 ABF professionals globally. KKR’s ABF portfolio focuses on four key themes: consumer/mortgage finance, commercial finance, hard assets, and contractual cash flows. The firm has 19 captive ABF platforms across these four segments, enabling proprietary sourcing and structuring of investments. KKR’s broad, multi-sector approach offers flexibility to invest across a diverse range of industries.

KKR was advised on the transaction by Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

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