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Drake Star Partners Welcomes Top Marketing, Consumer and E-commerce Executive Kip Knight as Senior Advisor
LOS ANGELES | September 15, 2021 – Global tech investment bank Drake Star Partners announced today that Kip Knight is joining the firm as Senior Advisor.
Based in southern California, Kip will strengthen the firm’s Martech, Adtech and E-commerce verticals globally.
Kip has a 40+ year career in large brands and online marketing including vice president for eBay in North America and managing eBay in Canada. He was the head of international marketing as well as regional vice president for eBay for Latin America, Australia, and Taiwan. He was also Chief Marketing Officer for Taco Bell and head of international marketing at KFC.
Kip was president of H&R Block Retail in the U.S. as well as head of H&R Block International. Prior to these roles, Kip held various senior executive positions at PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble and Burke Marketing Research.
“I’m really looking forward to working with the talented global team at Drake Star Partners and leveraging my international business experience. They have an incredibly impressive track record of success in markets around the world,” said Kip Knight.
“We are thrilled to welcome Kip to our team of Senior Advisor experts; Kip’s impressive track record and relationships in top consumer e-commerce and food brands across the US and International markets will be of vital importance for many of our assignments. His deep knowledge of foodtech, e-commerce and sales/marketing technologies allows Drake Star Partners to further broaden and deepen our firm’s offering to our clients worldwide,” added Gregory Bedrosian, Managing Partner and CEO at Drake Star Partners
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Drake Star is an award-winning global tech investment bank that has completed over 400 transactions since 2003. Drake Star team of over 100 senior professionals across offices in New York, London, Paris, Munich, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Berlin, Geneva, Dubai*, and Singapore* focuses on mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance services worldwide in Consumer & Retail Technology, Digital Media, FinTech, Mobility & Sustainability, Software/SaaS, Digital Services, and Industrial Tech sectors.
Drake Star Partners is the marketing name for the global investment bank Drake Star Partners Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates. In the USA, all securities are transacted through Drake Star Securities LLC. In the USA, Drake Star Securities LLC is regulated by FINRA and is a member of SIPC. Drake Star UK Limited (FRN 942020) is an appointed representative of Kession Capital Ltd (FRN582160) which is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. © 2016 Drake Star Partners Limited.
For more information, please visit www.drakestar.com.
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