Jules B Kroll was born on May 18,1941 and is an American businessman who is executive chair and co-founder of K2 Integrity.
10 Facts About Jules Kroll
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In 2009, Jules Kroll founded two successor firms, Jules Kroll Bond Rating Agency and K2 Intelligence.
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Jules Kroll was born to a Jewish family on May 18,1941, in Bayside, Queens, the son of Florence Yondorf and Herman Kroll.
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Jules Kroll's father ran a printing business that was subject to graft and demands for kickbacks from purchasing agents.
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Jules Kroll attended Cornell University, where he was a member of Quill and Dagger, and Georgetown University Law Center.
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When his father fell ill, Jules Kroll took a leave of absence to run the family business.
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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 generated new lines of business in auditing and compliance, so Jules Kroll opened offices in Paris, Moscow, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Singapore, and Manila.
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Jules Kroll forayed into banking and warehousing and built a reputation for pursuing financial crime across international borders by tracing and recovering assets.
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In June 2008, Jules Kroll left his company and unsuccessfully tried to buy it back from MMC.
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Jules Kroll is married to Lynn Korda, who was vice chairwoman of the UJA-Federation of New York.