Devin Talbott
Founder at Enlightenment Capital LLC
Profile
Devin is the Founder and Managing Partner of Enlightenment Capital.
Prior, he was a Vice President with D.
E.
Shaw’s direct capital strategy, where he helped establish the group’s Washington, DC area office and built its defense & government vertical.
Prior to that, Devin was at TCG Financial Partners, a merchant bank founded by former Defense Secretary William Cohen, focusing on the defense & government sector.
Devin began his career in the mergers & acquisitions group at Lazard in New York and worked part-time at The Carlyle Group during graduate school.
He received his J.D.
and MBA degrees from Georgetown University, and his BA, magna cum laude, in Law and Spanish from Amherst College, where he was a four-year varsity soccer player (NCAA Final Four; NESCAC All-Academic).
Devin is an owner of D.C.
United, former owner of the Washington Spirit, co-founded GenerationEngage (a youth civic engagement non-profit), is on the board of DC SCORES (a non-profit that provides after school and summer programming that combines soccer, poetry, and service-learning), was named to M&A Advisor’s “40 Under 40” (as an emerging leader in the finance industry before the age of 40), has been named a Tech Titan by Washingtonian magazine, is a former term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and former advisory board member of the Aspen Security Forum, and is a member of the New York State Bar.
His op-eds have appeared in the Washington Post, the Washington Times, Politico, the Washington Examiner, Capitol File, and the San Jose Mercury News.
He has a Top Secret security clearance.
Devin Talbott active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Enlightenment Capital LLC
Enlightenment Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Enlightenment Capital LLC is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by Devin L. Talbott and Pierre A. Chao. The firm is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland. | Founder | 2011-12-31 |
Aurora Flight Sciences Corp.
Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. Aerospace & DefenseElectronic Technology Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. develops and manufactures unmanned systems and aerospace vehicles. Its programs include lightning strike, Orion, Centaur, eVTOL, sidearm, autonomous aerial cargo utility system, D8, robotic copilot, solar aircraft, and spheres. The company was founded by John S. Langford and Donald C. Fraser in 1989 and is headquartered in Manassas, VA. | Director/Board Member | - |
1901 Group LLC
1901 Group LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services 1901 Group LLC provides information management solutions. Its services include infrastructure, security and application services. The company was founded by Sonu Singh in 2009 and is headquartered in Blacksburg, VA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Everwatch Corp.
Everwatch Corp. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Everwatch Corp. provides full-service government solutions. It specializes in advanced defense, intelligence, deployed mission support, and innovations. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Devin Talbott
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D. E. Shaw & Co. LP
D. E. Shaw & Co. LP Investment ManagersFinance D. E. Shaw & Co. LP (DESCO) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1992 by David Elliot Shaw. DESCO serves as the managing member, manager and/or investment advisor of certain entities in the D. E. Shaw Group and provides investment advice to a number of affiliated hedge funds and other entities. The investor base of the funds includes institutional investors and other highly sophisticated, high-net worth participants. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2011-12-30 |
TCG Financial Partners Ltd. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Lazard Freres & Co. LLC (Broker) | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Devin Talbott
Amherst College | Undergraduate Degree |
Georgetown University | Graduate Degree |
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Enlightenment Capital LLC
Enlightenment Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Enlightenment Capital LLC is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by Devin L. Talbott and Pierre A. Chao. The firm is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland. | Finance |
TCG Financial Partners Ltd. | |
Lazard Freres & Co. LLC (Broker) | Finance |
D. E. Shaw & Co. LP
D. E. Shaw & Co. LP Investment ManagersFinance D. E. Shaw & Co. LP (DESCO) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1992 by David Elliot Shaw. DESCO serves as the managing member, manager and/or investment advisor of certain entities in the D. E. Shaw Group and provides investment advice to a number of affiliated hedge funds and other entities. The investor base of the funds includes institutional investors and other highly sophisticated, high-net worth participants. | Finance |
Aurora Flight Sciences Corp.
Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. Aerospace & DefenseElectronic Technology Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. develops and manufactures unmanned systems and aerospace vehicles. Its programs include lightning strike, Orion, Centaur, eVTOL, sidearm, autonomous aerial cargo utility system, D8, robotic copilot, solar aircraft, and spheres. The company was founded by John S. Langford and Donald C. Fraser in 1989 and is headquartered in Manassas, VA. | Electronic Technology |
1901 Group LLC
1901 Group LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services 1901 Group LLC provides information management solutions. Its services include infrastructure, security and application services. The company was founded by Sonu Singh in 2009 and is headquartered in Blacksburg, VA. | Technology Services |
Everwatch Corp.
Everwatch Corp. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Everwatch Corp. provides full-service government solutions. It specializes in advanced defense, intelligence, deployed mission support, and innovations. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA. | Technology Services |
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