Kit Hawkins

Co-Founder at Present Ventures

Panelist

Kit Hawkins is an investor at the intersection of sports, entertainment, and culture. He is the co-founder of Present Ventures, a platform dedicated to “Sports 3.0”—backing the next generation of leagues, teams, media companies, and cultural brands transforming how audiences experience sport. Its portfolio includes TOGETHXR, the media and commerce company founded by Alex Morgan, Chloe Kim, Simone Manuel, and Sue Bird; Unrivaled, the new basketball league from Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, creating new standards for women’s professional basketball and athlete-led innovation; Motor City Golf Club, Detroit’s franchise in TMRW Sports’ tech-driven TGL league created by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy; TMRW Sports itself; and Good Good Golf, a digital-first golf brand engaging millions of younger fans.

Before Present Ventures, Kit co-founded the music management company Everybody’s, guiding the careers of Mumford & Sons, Keane, and Laura Marling, who collectively sold more than 30 million albums and won multiple Grammy and BRIT Awards. He later co-founded the global creative agency Sunshine, where he worked with the leadership of companies including Apple, Nike, LVMH, and Kering to define entertainment-led strategies and investments that connected brands to culture at scale.