Phillip Kingston

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Phillip Kingston (born August 7, 1985) is a British-Australian entrepreneur and engineer. He is the Founder of Galactic Bioware, Sargon,[1] Trimantium Capital, GrowthOps,[2][3] KDIS and Henley Club. Kingston is a former Chairman of Lumineer Academy, Non-Executive Director of the Centre for Sustainability Leadership, and Director of The New Palm Court Orchestra and State Government of Victoria’s LaunchVic initiative.[4][5]

Early life and education[]

Phillip Kingston developed an interest in hardware and software products and attended Canterbury Primary School, Camberwell High School, and Carey Baptist Grammar School in Victoria, Australia.[6]

Kingston holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Actuarial Studies and Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Physics from the University of Melbourne. He earned a Graduate Certificate in Psychoanalytic Studies from Deakin University and a Graduate Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation from the University of Adelaide. Furthermore, he completed a Certificate in Company Directorship from the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Certificate III in Investigative Services from the International Security Training Academy.

Career[]

He is the CEO and Head of Engineering at Galactic Bioware, a protective clothing, armor, and powered suit manufacturer for civilian, defense, and space applications. Kingston is a Partner at Harrington Kingston Hass, an investigation, negotiation, and counter-intelligence company focused on the corporate sector.[7]

Kingston is the Chairman of the venture capital and investment firm, Trimantium Capital. From 2012, he was President of the B-Corp Certified Henley Club, and Co-founder of Good Super.[7] From 2016 to 2020, Kingston was the CEO of Sargon,[8] which provided financial institutions and entrepreneurs with the technology and infrastructure to build and grow investment and pension funds.[9] It operated across Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong. Sargon had over A$50 billion in assets under trusteeship on its platform and A$67 million in annual revenue before receivers were appointed by Ashurst Australia and China Taiping Insurance Holdings, its material assets were acquired by a private equity fund, Vista Equity Partners.

Kingston was the Managing Director of GrowthOps and predecessor companies prior to IPO on the ASX from (2008 - 2019). Before delisting from the ASX, GrowthOps revenue exceeded $70 million and retained over 600 staff.[10] He transitioned into a Non-Executive Director over 2019 and retired from the board in early 2020. From 2015 to 2017, Kingston was a Board Member of the State Government of Victoria’s LaunchVic initiative to build the state’s entrepreneurial and startup ecosystem, where he oversaw the deployment of a $60 million fund.[4]

Kingston has founded and served on boards of many organizations, including being the Chairman of Lumineer Academy, a partner of a film and television finance company in Hollywood called Dragonfire, and a software and production company based in Switzerland and China, called Kingston Development.[11]

He is the author of The War for Eyeballs: An Introduction to Internet Marketing (2010).[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Sargon's Phillip Kingston lets creditors off lightly". Australian Financial Review. 2021-07-08. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  2. ^ Blackiston, Hannah (2020-01-20). "GrowthOps' Salesforce Einstein rebrands to Lightfold as it becomes independent". Mumbrella. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  3. ^ Blackiston, Hannah (2020-02-04). "Phillip Kingston steps down from TGO". Mumbrella. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  4. ^ a b "The responsible entrepreneur - Australian Institute of Company Directors". www.companydirectors.com.au. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  5. ^ News, Mirage (2021-03-13). "Phillip Kingston breaks silence on Sargon collapse: fresh details | Mirage News". www.miragenews.com. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  6. ^ "Australian who helped Peter Thiel bankrupt Gawker sues ex-business partner". the Guardian. 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  7. ^ a b "29-Year Old Venture Capitalist Talks Putting More Money in The Hands of Women of Color". Black Enterprise. 2018-08-14. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  8. ^ "Australian who helped Peter Thiel bankrupt Gawker sues ex-business partner". the Guardian. 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  9. ^ "Phillip Kingston's Sargon: At least Deloitte's a fan". Australian Financial Review. 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  10. ^ "Newly restructured GrowthOps posts $24M loss". ARN. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  11. ^ Trimantium. "Phillip Kingston". Trimantium. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  12. ^ Kingston, Phillip (2010). The War for Eyeballs: An Introduction to Internet Marketing. Kingston Publishing. ISBN 978-0-646-53121-2.
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