Phillip Kingston
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
- ↑ "Sargon's Phillip Kingston lets creditors off lightly". Australian Financial Review. 2021-07-08. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- ↑ Blackiston, Hannah (2020-01-20). "GrowthOps' Salesforce Einstein rebrands to Lightfold as it becomes independent". Mumbrella. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ↑ Blackiston, Hannah (2020-02-04). "Phillip Kingston steps down from TGO". Mumbrella. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "The responsible entrepreneur - Australian Institute of Company Directors". www.companydirectors.com.au. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ↑ News, Mirage (2021-03-13). "Phillip Kingston breaks silence on Sargon collapse: fresh details | Mirage News". www.miragenews.com. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ↑ "Australian who helped Peter Thiel bankrupt Gawker sues ex-business partner". the Guardian. 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "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.
- ↑ "Australian who helped Peter Thiel bankrupt Gawker sues ex-business partner". the Guardian. 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ↑ "Phillip Kingston's Sargon: At least Deloitte's a fan". Australian Financial Review. 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- ↑ "Newly restructured GrowthOps posts $24M loss". ARN. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ↑ Trimantium. "Phillip Kingston". Trimantium. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ↑ Kingston, Phillip (2010). The War for Eyeballs: An Introduction to Internet Marketing. Kingston Publishing. ISBN 978-0-646-53121-2. Search this book on
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