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Slade Kobran

Visionary · DISC type Ds
Managing Partner - East at Chief Outsiders
📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Slade Kobran is the Managing Partner - East at Chief Outsiders, where he helps CEOs and Private Equity investors accelerate portfolio company growth. He provides fractional marketing and sales executives to build sustainable revenue engines. A graduate of Rider University and Harvard Business School Executive Education, colleagues describe him as strategic, collaborative, and innovative.

Based in the Greater New York City area, Slade is involved in his local community. He is a supporter of the Interfaith Food Pantry Network, an organization that works to improve the well-being of Morris County, New Jersey residents by providing access to food and other resources.

Slade authored an eBook titled, "Do You Know What Your Customers Think? " to help businesses gather and use effective customer feedback.

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Experience
41 Years
Current Role
Managing Partner - East
Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Slade shows up

Early Adopter
Risk Tolerant
Fast But Thoughtful

They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily.

Priorities

Topics Slade cares about

Private Equity Growth
His career at Chief Outsiders is focused on working with PE operating partners to drive value creation and enhance portfolio company performance from diligence to exit.
Go-to-Market Strategy
He frequently writes and speaks about transforming the go-to-market motion as a key lever for accelerating growth in middle-market companies.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Managing Partner - East
Chief Outsiders
5-2024 - 7-2025
Managing Partner - Midwest
Chief Outsiders
7-2022 - 5-2024
Managing Partner - Private Equity
Chief Outsiders
2-2013 - 7-2022
Managing Partner, Northeast
Chief Outsiders
7-2012 - 2-2013
CMO
Chief Outsiders
In the press

Media appearances

Slade Kobran – Profile. Featured in Chief Outsiders
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Slade Kobran – Author Page (Private Equity Articles). Featured in Chief Outsiders
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Education
3-1980 - 6-1984
BS
Rider University
2008 - 2008
Business to Business Marketing Strategy
Harvard Business School Executive Education
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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