Independent Sponsor who will step in and run for 2-3 years

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October 09, 2025

by a searcher from Harvard University - Harvard Business School in New York, NY, USA

All, I'm attempting to be an independent sponsor but will step in personally for deals for the first 2-3 years as CEO. I'm an experienced CEO who has multiple wins and exits (but working for investors and want to improve my economics by going IS). Curious if others have been down this path and what capital sources were tapped and if folks were able to double-dip in terms of typical IS terms + getting CEO economics for the period of time one sits in that chair.
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from California State University, Long Beach in Las Vegas, NV, USA
So we’re doing something similar - my partner will be interim CEO 1-2 years and then replaced by outside CEO. But we’re more focused on GP economics so we’ll “discount” his CEO perks in exchange for better results on the back end while we build. Hope this helps..
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from Massey University in Los Angeles, CA, USA
what sector/scope?
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