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Jim Burns (New York) joined KKR in 2010 and is a member of the Client and Partner Group, where he leads KKR’s Individual Investor Business. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Burns was a managing director in the private wealth management division of Morgan Stanley, where he worked for nearly thirteen years and held a variety of positions, most recently as head of the Eastern United States for private wealth management. Mr. Burns holds a B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, from Emory University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Mr. Burns serves as a member of the board of trustees for the Convent of the Sacred Heart in New York; a member of the Emory College Alumni Board; a member of the board of trustees for the Harvard Business School Club of New York; and is a former trustee of The McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee.