Michael Kives is the Founder and a Managing Partner of K5 Global, an investment and incubation firm with an extensive portfolio of notable investments, including SpaceX, the Boring Company, and Relativity Space, as well as successful incubated companies including Kendall Jenner’s 818 Tequila, and Jake Arnold’s The Expert. Prior to K5, Kives spent over 15 years in the entertainment industry as a senior Talent Agent at Creative Artists Agency where he represented top-tier clients such as Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Katy Perry, and global leaders Mikhail Gorbachev and Warren Buffett. Prior to CAA, Kives served as an interim spokesperson for President William J. Clinton in his post-Presidential Harlem office and worked in Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s D.C. office as an Aide to Chief of Staff Huma Abedin. Kives is an advisor to over 20 startups and fast-growing companies and serves as a Director on the Boards of Yahoo, Shutterfly, and 818 Tequila. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with Distinction from Stanford University.