Economics and business

Kevin Wang

Kevin Wang is a venture capital investor and partner at Altimeter Capital, best known for leading the firm's 2015 investment in Snowflake, which went public at a $33 billion valuation in 2020.

Kevin Xiong (熊飞)

Kevin Xiong (熊飞) is a venture capital investor who has been a Partner at Matrix Partners China, now MPC, in Beijing since June 2011, focusing on early-stage SaaS and B2B platforms.

Kevin Zhang

Kevin Zhang is a venture capital investor and partner at Bain Capital Ventures who invests at inception stage in fintech and developer products, after leading product at Fundera.

科信美德, formally Beijing Kexinmeide Biomedical Science and Technology, is a Beijing biopharmaceutical startup founded in 2014 by former Amgen scientist Yan Hai to develop the diabetes antibody drug REMD-477.

Key audit matters

Key audit matters are the matters an auditor judges most significant in auditing a company's financial statements, described individually in the auditor's report under the IAASB's ISA 701 (2015).

KeyBank

KeyBank is the principal banking subsidiary of KeyCorp, a Cleveland bank holding company with about $187 billion in assets and roughly 940 branches across 15 states.

KeyCorp

KeyCorp is a Cleveland, Ohio-based bank holding company whose main subsidiary, KeyBank, traces its roots to 1832 and held about $187 billion in assets at the end of 2024.

Keyence

Keyence Corporation (株式会社キーエンス) is a Japanese maker of factory automation equipment, including sensors, machine-vision systems, and measuring instruments, founded by Takemitsu Takizaki in 1974 and serving over 350,000 customers in about 110 countries.

Keyi Pharmaceutical (科弈药业)

Keyi Pharmaceutical (科弈药业) is a Chinese biotechnology company founded in 2018 and based in Anji County, Zhejiang, developing bispecific antibodies, nano bispecific ADCs, and CAR-T therapies for tumor immunotherapy.

Keymed Biosciences (康诺亚生物)

Keymed Biosciences (康诺亚) is a Chinese biopharmaceutical company founded in Chengdu in 2016, listed in Hong Kong since 2021, known for the antibody drug stapokibart.

Keynesian beauty contest

A Keynesian beauty contest is a competition won by anticipating others' average judgment, from Keynes's 1936 analogy to investors pricing assets by forecasting market opinion.

Keynesian cross

The Keynesian cross, also called the expenditure-output model, is a macroeconomic diagram that determines equilibrium real GDP where planned expenditure equals output, formulated after Keynes's 1936 General Theory.

Keynesian economics

Keynesian economics, also known as Keynesian theory, is the school of macroeconomic thought founded on John Maynard Keynes's work, which holds that demand drives short-run output and employment.

Keystone National Group

Keystone National Group is an American private credit investment firm founded in 2006 by John Earl and Brandon Nielson, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Keystone Private Market

Keystone Private Market is the fund series of Keystone National Group, a Salt Lake City private credit manager founded in 2006 by John Earl and Brandon Nielson.

Keytone Ventures

Keytone Ventures is a China-focused venture capital firm founded in 2008 and based in Beijing, investing primarily in technology, led by principal Zhixiong Joe Zhou.

KFC

KFC, also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is an American fried-chicken fast-food chain founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in Corbin, Kentucky, in 1952, now a Yum! Brands subsidiary.

KFC advertising

KFC advertising is the marketing program of KFC, the fried-chicken chain owned by Yum! Brands, best known for the rotating celebrity Colonel Sanders campaign and the 2018 "FCK" apology ad.

KFC in China

KFC in China (肯德基, Kěndéjī) is the Chinese operation of Kentucky Fried Chicken, the largest Western fast-food brand, with 12,997 restaurants in over 2,500 cities by end-2025.

KfW

KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) is Germany's national promotional bank, founded in 1948 and owned by the federal government and states, financing businesses, housing, and development.

Kg Subramanian

Kg Subramanian is an Indian finance executive who serves as Managing Director and CFO at Nexus Venture Partners, which he joined in 2010 from Kotak Mahindra.

KGHM Polska Miedź

KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. is a Polish state-anchored mining and smelting group, among the ten largest mined-copper producers worldwide and the second-largest silver producer, employing over 35,000 people.

KGI Financial Holding

KGI Financial Holding Co., Ltd. is a Taiwanese financial holding company, established in 2001 by CDIB Capital Group and renamed from China Development Financial Holding in 2024, spanning banking, securities, and life insurance.

Khadim Batti

Khadim Batti was an Indian technology entrepreneur who co-founded the digital adoption platform company Whatfix in Bengaluru in 2014 and led it as chief executive until his death at 51.

Khailee Ng

Khailee Ng is a Malaysian venture capitalist and Managing Partner of 500 Global, who joined in 2013 and made early seed investments in Grab, Carousell, and Bukalapak.

Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor (خلف أحمد الحبتور)

Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor (خلف أحمد الحبتور), born 1949 in Dubai, is an Emirati businessman who founded the Al Habtoor Group, a conglomerate in hospitality, automotive, and real estate.

Khaldoon Al Mubarak

Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak is an Emirati investor and government official who has led Mubadala, Abu Dhabi's sovereign investment fund, since 2002 and chairs Manchester City.

Khaled Yousef Al Shamlan

Khaled Yousef Al Shamlan, also written Khaled Alshamlan, is a Kuwaiti banker serving since January 2025 as Group CEO of Kuwait Finance House, one of the world's largest Islamic banks.

Khalid Al Malik

Khalid Al Malik is a Dubai executive serving as Managing Director of Dubai Holding and CEO of Dubai Holding Real Estate, overseeing projects like Palm Jebel Ali and City Walk.