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Kip Knight

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Managing Director at Mavka Growth
📍 San Juan Capistrano, California, United States

Kip Knight is a marketing strategy expert with extensive leadership experience at companies like Taco Bell, eBay, and H&R Block. As an Operating Partner at Thomvest Ventures, he supports portfolio companies, and through CMO Coaches, he mentors marketing leaders. His peers describe him as an inspirational, knowledgeable, and extraordinary coach.

Based in Southern California, Kip has been married for over 40 years and has two sons and two grandsons. He is a published author who co-authored "Crafting Persuasion" and wrote "Learn to Leap," which shares lessons from his 40-year career working across 60 countries. He also founded a college to teach communication strategy to U.S. diplomats.

Unique fact: Kip holds a patent for a specialized container designed for cooking food products in hot-air ovens.

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Experience
47 Years
Current Role
Managing Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Juan Capistrano, California, United States
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Marketing Leadership
He founded CMO Coaches to mentor and develop aspiring marketing executives, reflecting a deep commitment to nurturing the next generation of marketing talent.
Go-to-Market Strategy
As Managing Director of Mavka Growth, he provides go-to-market services for frontier tech startups, helping them scale from product to revenue.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Managing Director
Mavka Growth
2-2025
Senior Business Advisor
FNCR
9-2021
Senior Advisor
Drake Star Partners
12-2018
Founder of CMO Coaches
CMO Coaches
6-2018
Operating Partner
Thomvest Ventures
In the press

Media appearances

Ep. 41: Kip Knight, Managing Director at Mavka Growth – Next In Line. Featured in Apple Podcasts
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Education
1-1974 - 5-1978
BS
Louisiana State University
1978 - 1980
MBA
University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business
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