Heartland Dental is an American dental support organization, providing non-clinical administrative support services to over 2,600 dentists in over 1,600 dental offices across 38 states and the District of Columbia. Heartland Dental partners with its supported dentists to deliver high-quality care across the full spectrum of dental services. They are considered to have the nation's largest clinical, operational and leadership training infrastructure, leading talent acquisition and HR support, state-of-the-art equipment including digital workflows and scanning, best-in-class operations systems & support, and more. The company became a subsidiary of KKR in 2018 and now employs over 10,000 people. Heartland Dental was founded in 1997 in Effingham, IL and is still headquartered there today.

KKR & Co, Inc. (NYSE: KKR) is an American global investment company that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and, through its strategic partners, hedge funds. Kohberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) was founded in 1976 and now manages a portfolio of 123 companies in 17 countries. The company sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. The company has an investment grade S&P credit rating of A and a current market cap of $52.09B. It is estimated that in 2021 they earned a revenue of $16.23B. The firm is headquartered in New York City.