Bio

As an entrepreneur, ex-business owner and private investor since 1985, Kent brings a depth of experience and well-rounded background well suited to evaluating transactions, working with business owners, board representation and managing growth. Kent co-founded High Street Capital and has been active in the High Street funds since 1996. Before founding HSC, from 1993 to 1995, Kent was a Managing Director of S.G. Warburg & Co., London, where he ran and had full profit and loss responsibility for their international equity derivatives business. He led the strategy development, built the team, and managed the business. This business had over 200 employees around the globe. From 1985 to 1993, Kent was the founder and Managing Partner of KC-CO, the general partnership, and then KC-CO Investments, a successful Chicago-based equity options trading business that he grew from one person to an organization of over 65 people. As the majority owner, he sold this business to Warburg in 1993. From 1981 to 1984, Kent, worked on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange as an equity options market maker. Kent is a 1981 graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a degree in finance.