Devin Talbott
{{short description|American entrepreneur}}
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| birth_place = Washington D.C., U.S.
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| occupation = Private Investor
| alma_mater = Amherst College
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| parents = Strobe Talbott
Brooke Shearer
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Devin Talbott (born September 20, 1976) is an American entrepreneur and private investor, and the son of foreign policy expert Strobe Talbott.{{cite news |last=Heath |first=Thomas |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/capital-buzz-enlightenment-capital-has-big-name-backers/2014/12/11/30bb915c-808d-11e4-9f38-95a187e4c1f7_story.html |title=Capital Buzz: Enlightenment Capital has big-name backers |newspaper=Washington Post |date=2014-12-14}}{{cite news |last=Conner |first=Jennifer |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2014/12/big-beltway-names-investment-activity-drive.html |title=Big Beltway names, investment activity drive Enlightenment Capital forward |work=Washington Business Journal |date=2014-12-16}}{{cite news |last=Bach |first=James |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2016/11/01/enlightenment-capital-closes-147-million-fund-for.html |title=Enlightenment Capital closes $147 million fund for aerospace and defense deals |work=Washington Business Journal |date=2016-11-01}}
Biography
Talbott grew up in Washington D.C. and attended Amherst College, where he was a four-year varsity soccer player. He also earned JD and MBA degrees from Georgetown University.{{cite news |last=Beltran |first=Luisa |url=https://www.pehub.com/2012/11/enlightenment-capital-looks-raise-100-mln-first-fund/ |title=Enlightenment Capital Aims for $100M with First Fund |work=PE Hub |date=2012-11-17}} Talbott began his investment banking career at Lazard and then worked for former Defense Secretary William Cohen's merchant bank, TCG Financial Partners. After that, Talbott became a vice president of investment firm D.E. Shaw & Co. before branching out to found [http://enlightenment-cap.com/ Enlightenment Capital], an aerospace, defense & government focused private investment firm, in 2012.{{cite news |last=Bing |first=Chris |url=https://www.americaninno.com/dc/inside-enlightenment-cap-defense-venture-firm-dc-united-funded/ |title=United's Coach Is Backing This Defense-Focused Investment Firm |work=Inside Defense |date=2016-03-15}} Since its founding, Enlightenment Capital has raised five funds.{{cite web |url=https://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2019/05/02/enlightenment-new-fund.aspx |date=2019-05-02 |website=Washington Technology |title=Enlightenment Capital surpasses goal for new investment fund |first=Ross |last=Wilkers}}{{Cite web |last=Hansen |first=Drew |date=2024-11-19 |title=Enlightenment Capital closes fifth fund — its largest ever |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2024/11/19/enlightenment-capital-devin-talbott-fifth-fund.html |website=www.bizjournals.com}} Talbott also co-founded Generation Engage, a non-profit focused on engaging young voters in politics and civics, with his brother Adrian and Jay Rockefeller's son Justin.
Talbott was recognized in M&A Advisor’s "40 Under 40," as an emerging leader in the financing industry before the age of 40.{{cite web |url=http://maadvisor.net/4040/2014-40under40/2014_40U40_Back_End_Winners.pdf |title=Winners of the 5th Annual 40 Under 40 M&A Advisor Recognition Awards |website=M&A Advisors |year=2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513142641/http://maadvisor.net/4040/2014-40under40/2014_40U40_Back_End_Winners.pdf |archive-date=2014-05-13}} He was named by Washingtonian magazine as one of Washington’s Top Tech Leaders{{cite magazine |date=2019-10-03 |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/10/03/tech-titans-2019-washingtons-top-tech-leaders/ |title=Tech Titans 2019: Washington's Top Tech Leaders |last=Guinto |first=Joseph |magazine=Washingtonian}} and to Washington Business Journal's Power 100.{{Cite news |work=Washington Business Journal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2023/10/10/introducing-the-power-100.html |title=The Power 100 of 2023: The names and faces key to reviving Greater Washington |access-date=2023-10-25 |first= Douglas |last=Fruehling |date=2023-10-10}}
Talbott served as a term member of the Council of Foreign Relations, a former advisory board member of the Aspen Security Forum, and currently sits on the board of the non-profit DC Scores, a non-profit that utilizes soccer, poetry, and service learning to support middle schoolers in at-risk neighborhoods.{{cite web |url=http://www.cfr.org/about/membership/roster.html?letter=T |title=Membership Roster |website=Council of Foreign Relations}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.americascores.org/affiliates/dc |title=Affiliates |access-date=2016-12-05 |archive-date=2016-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120162836/http://www.americascores.org/affiliates/dc |url-status=dead |website=America Scores}} Talbott and DC United coach and former player Ben Olsen lead DC Score’s annual fundraiser, One Night One Goal.{{cite web |url=https://hiveminer.com/Tags/dcu,dcunited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222144302/https://hiveminer.com/Tags/dcu,dcunited |archive-date=2019-12-22 |website=Flickr Hive Mind |title=The Best Photos of dcu and dcunited}}{{better source needed|date=May 2024}}
Talbott was a part owner of the Washington Spirit of the NWSL in 2021 when the club won its first league championship.{{Cite news |work=Washington Business Journal |date=2021-02-17 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2021/02/17/washington-spirit-new-investors-chelsea-clinton.html |access-date=2022-07-19 |title=Washington Spirit lands new investment group that includes big sports, business names|first=Alex |last=Koma}} {{as of|2022|06}}, he is a part owner of [https://www.dcunited.com/ DC United of Major League Soccer]. {{Cite news |date=2022-06-07 |title=Exclusive: Enlightenment Capital's Devin Talbott buys stake in D.C. United |first=Drew |last=Hansen |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2022/06/07/dc-united-devin-talbott-enlightenment-capital.html |access-date=2022-07-19 |work=Washington Business Journal}} In May of 2024, Talbott became a founding member of the ownership group of DC Power FC of the USL Super League.
References
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External links
- http://enlightenment-cap.com/
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