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Kelly Despontin
Private Equity Investor at Littlejohn & Co. LLC
Profile
Kelly Despontin joined Littlejohn in 2023 as a Value Creation Director partnering with the executive teams of our portfolio companies to create and implement strategies to deliver long-term enterprise value.
Ms. Despontin brings a combination of management consulting and hands-on management experience that balances strategic vision with practical and effective tactics to drive transformation.
? Prior to joining Littlejohn, she was a Business Development Director at Instacart, leading a $1B portfolio of brick-and-mortar grocery clients in growing their e-commerce businesses via Marketplace and Enterprise platforms.
Kelly also spent 7 years at Amazon in a variety of product management and category leadership roles.
She started her career as a management consultant with Kearney in their Chicago and Sydney offices.
Ms. Despontin holds a B.S.
from Northwestern University in Organizational Behavior and an M.B.A.
from Columbia Business School.?
Kelly Despontin active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Littlejohn & Co. LLC
![]() Littlejohn & Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Littlejohn & Co. LLC (Littlejohn) is a private equity firm founded in 1996 by Angus C. Littlejohn, Jr and Michael Klein. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. | Private Equity Investor | 2022-12-31 |
Former positions of Kelly Despontin
Companies | Position | End |
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INSTACART | Director/Board Member | 2022-12-30 |
Training of Kelly Despontin
Columbia Business School | Masters Business Admin |
Northwestern University | Undergraduate Degree |
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INSTACART | Transportation |
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Littlejohn & Co. LLC
![]() Littlejohn & Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Littlejohn & Co. LLC (Littlejohn) is a private equity firm founded in 1996 by Angus C. Littlejohn, Jr and Michael Klein. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. | Finance |
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