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Kelso & Company, L.P.

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 131471

Filed as KELSO & COMPANY, L.P.

Kelso & Company, L.P. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2012, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 30, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$14,323,432,504
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Kelso & Company, L.P. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Kelso & Company, L.P. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees; other. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Kelso & Company, L.P. located?

Kelso & Company, L.P.'s principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Kelso & Company, L.P. registered with the SEC or a state?

Kelso & Company, L.P. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 131471.

How much does Kelso & Company, L.P. manage?

Kelso & Company, L.P. reports $14,323,432,504 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Kelso & Company, L.P.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Kelso & Company, L.P.: Regulatory assets under management: $10,439,941,406 in the October 2021 data and $14,323,432,504 in the October 2026 data, up 37%. Total employees: 54 in October 2021 and 64 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Kelso & Company, L.P. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (54).

Does Kelso & Company, L.P. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/131471

What changed in Kelso & Company, L.P.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 39 to 38. Regulatory assets under management went from $16,679,765,389 to $14,323,463,053 (-14%). Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees
  • Other

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated April 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$14,323,432,504

$14,323,432,504 as of October 2026, filing dated April 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $14,323,432,504.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 54 Assets $14,323,432,504 (100%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 64. Performing investment advisory functions: 38.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$10.4B 2021 $14.1B 2022 $15.3B 2023 $16.6B 2024 $16.7B 2025 $14.3B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$14,323,432,50464April 30, 2026
October 2025$16,679,765,38962April 24, 2025
October 2024$16,585,928,03660April 24, 2024
October 2023$15,341,153,89759April 28, 2023
October 2022$14,131,958,70657April 29, 2022
October 2021$10,439,941,40654April 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $10,439,941,406 in the October 2021 data and $14,323,432,504 in the October 2026 data, up 37%.

Total employees: 54 in October 2021 and 64 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 39 to 38.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $16,679,765,389 to $14,323,463,053 (-14%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
kelso.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Kelso & Company, L.P. (CRD 131471): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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