Kent Savage
General Partner at Savage Advisory
Kent Savage
General Partner at Savage Advisory
Austin, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Limited Partner
2022 - Current
NCV Entrepreneur Fund Investor
Co-Founder & CEO
2011
New ventures partnership. Creator of Icon, a digital business card and professional brand management software service. Creator of YotLot, a curated marketplace for discovering special boats and gear.
General Partner
2000
Management Consulting and Investments
Board Of Directors
2004 - 2020
Centric Brands Inc. (Nasdaq: CTRC) is a leading lifestyle brands collective, bringing together creative minds from the worlds of fashion and commerce, sourcing, technology, marketing and digital. We design, produce, manage and build kid’s wear and women’s and men’s accessories and apparel and distribute our products across all retail and digital channels in North America and in international markets. We also license over 100 brands across our core product categories including kid’s, women’s and men’s accessories and apparel. Our company-owned brands are Hudson®, a designer and marketer of women's and men's premium, branded denim and apparel, Robert Graham®, a sophisticated, eclectic apparel and accessories brand seeking to inspire a global movement, and SWIMS®, a Scandinavian lifestyle brand best known for its range of fashion-forward, water-friendly footwear, apparel and accessories. We employ approximately 4,000 employees in offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Greensboro, N.C., and Montreal and in stores throughout North America.
Founder & CEO
2006 - 2010
Online Talent Discovery & Entertainment. First online talent contest and artist discovery property. Digital Hollywood's Top 20 consumer companies.
CEO
2004 - 2006
Computer and Consumer Electronics Company. Launched hip-e product line. Time Magazine Best Innovations of the Year.
Chief Marketing & Sales Officer
2002 - 2004
Network Security Company. Established and became intrusion prevention category leader. Acquired by HP 3Com.
Co-Founder & CEO
1999 - 2002
First Internet Appliance. Creators of i-Opener. Completed IPO.
Director and GM, Broadband Operations
1998 - 1999
Internet Equipment Company. Acquired NetSpeed.
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
1996 - 1998
Broadband DSL Equipment Company. Acquired by Cisco Systems.