Kip Knight

Author, Coach, Operating Partner

Kip Knight is Operating Partner at Thomvest, a $500 million VC fund based in the Bay Area. He is a Board member at Netbase Quid, a leading consumer analytics company. He is also a Senior Advisor with Drake Star Partners, an investment bank specializing in the technology and communication sectors.
Kip has worked in over 60 countries. He started his career at P&G in brand management. He has held numerous senior executive roles at PepsiCo, YUM Brands, eBay and H&R Block, including CMO at Taco Bell and president of H&R Block.
He is founder of the U.S. Marketing Communication College, dedicated to teaching communication strategy to diplomats in the State Department. In addition, he’s founder of CMO Coaches, a national coaching network for marketing leaders.
He is co-author of Crafting Persuasion: A Leader’s Handbook to Change Minds and Influence Behavior and author of Learn to Leap: How Leaders Turn Risk into Opportunities. Kip earned his B.S. degree from LSU in marketing and his MBA from the University of Cincinnati.