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Kit Cooper

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Managing Partner at Newco Talent
📍 Santa Barbara, California, United States

Kit Cooper is the Managing Partner at Newco Talent, a private equity-focused talent firm. A two-time founder, he started, ran, and successfully sold two customer support businesses, earning recognition as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist. Kit holds an MBA from Georgetown University and a BA from UCLA.

Outside of his professional life, Kit is passionate about mentorship and community. He serves as an Assistant Wrestling Coach at San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara, where he helps develop young athletes. He also founded the non-profit Quality of Life Project and an interview series for business leaders.

Unique fact: He successfully cold-called Richard Branson on his mobile phone and convinced him to do an interview after several persistent follow-ups.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Managing Partner
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Santa Barbara, California, United States
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PE Value Creation
His career is dedicated to helping lower middle-market private equity firms de-risk investments by building strong management teams for their portfolio companies.
Entrepreneurship
He has founded, scaled, and successfully sold two companies in the customer support and CX sector, Hispanic Teleservices Corporation and Granada Corporation.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Managing Partner
Newco Talent
11-2016
Founder
CEO Experience Series
4-2022
Assistant Wrestling Coach
San Marcos High School
8-2017 - 9-2024
Partner
Signal Partners
7-2015 - 1-2018
Founder / Non-Executive Chairman
Granada Corporation
In the press

Media appearances

Newco Talent Launches Focused on Private Equity Talent Solutions. Featured in Fox40.com (EIN Presswire)
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Education
1997 - 1999
MBA
Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
1990 - 1994
BA
UCLA
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