Henry Kravis has become the latest private equity titan to show support for his alma mater in the form of a hefty check with a $100m (€72m) donation to the Columbia Business School.

The donation, the largest in the business school's history, will go to support the construction of new facilities as part of Columbia's new Manhattanville campus, according to a press release issued by the school. Kravis graduated from Columbia Business School in 1969.