ZRG Brings Its Data-Driven “Moneyball” Approach To Sports & Entertainment
NEW JERSEY -- Rochelle Park-based ZRG, the fastest-growing executive search/talent recruitment firm since 2018, today announced a major move into sports, entertainment & media with the blockbuster acquisition of Turnkey Search, the sports industry’s top executive search/talent recruitment firm. TurnkeyZRG will continue to be led by Len Perna, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Turnkey, which will now adopt ZRG’s tech-enabled, data-driven approach to search.
“We landed the best sports executive search firm, and the No. 1 talent recruiter in Len Perna,” said Larry Hartmann, CEO of ZRG Partners. “Len started Turnkey 25 years ago, and consistently won gold-standard clients from billion-dollar competitors. Along the way, Turnkey cemented a reputation for integrity, accountability, and prioritizing diversity long before others.”
In 2020, the firm handled 56 searches in sports, entertainment and media, a record, including:
- NFL clubs including the Falcons, Dolphins, Panthers, Rams, Texans, and 49ers.
- NBA clubs including the Bulls, Magic, Pistons and Trail Blazers.
- MLS clubs including the Atlanta United, FC Cincinnati, St. Louis City SC, Charlotte FC, and others.
- NHL clubs including the Flyers, Penguins, and expansion Seattle Kraken.
- Multiple executive placements at the USA Olympic program (USOPC).
- Chief Commercial Officer at Chip Ganassi Racing, one of the sport’s winningest teams.
- In December, the placement of Jim Phillips as Commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
“Turnkey has been a key MLS partner for as long as I’ve been Commissioner,” said Don Garber, Commissioner of MLS since 1999. “In 2020 alone, Turnkey helped Atlanta, Charlotte, Cincinnati, St. Louis and other clubs build their talent.”
““I have known Turnkey for many years in a variety of capacities. In 2016, I served as a member of the University of Minnesota Search Committee for a new Athletic Director in which Turnkey helped us manage a complex search committee process with a well-researched, well-organized search," said Kevin Warren, Commissioner of the Big Ten. "Turnkey spans the full breadth across college & professional sports, entertainment, media and higher education.”
“Chad Chatlos and Katy Young Staudt have been tremendous partners over the past few years," Sandy Barbour, the Director of Athletics at Penn State, said. "I’ve had the pleasure of working with their team across several key searches and experienced firsthand their ability to lead an inclusive process that ends in a highly successful outcome.”
TurnkeyZRG also announced the hire of Tammy Castadot as Vice President. Castadot recently served as the Global Talent Recruitment Director at Legends, the agency co-owned by the New York Yankees and the Dallas Cowboys. Previously, she recruited top talent for Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Korn Ferry International.
In December 2020, TurnkeyZRG acquired the sports practice of Ventura Partners, including Chad Chatlos and Katy Young Staudt, adding them to current Managing Director Gene DeFilippo, who built Turnkey’s college sports practice and previously served not only as Director of Athletics for 20 years at Villanova and Boston College, but also President of NACDA. Chatlos now leads the TurnkeyZRG work in college sports, football coaches and basketball coaches, including, in the last 30 days, assisting on new head football coaching hires at the University of Arizona, the University of South Carolina, the University of Texas and the Atlanta Falcons. In the past three years, Chatlos & Young Staudt have placed more than 50 head coaches and other coaches in college and professional sports.
Based in Haddonfield, NJ, Turnkey Sports & Entertainment is a specialized talent recruitment/executive search firm filling C-level, senior-level and mid-management level positions throughout sports, entertainment, and media. Over the past 25 years, the firm has filled more than 1,400 positions. It helps teams, leagues, stadiums, arenas, theaters, college athletic departments, events, sponsors, agencies, media companies, private equity companies, and others identify, recruit, and hire the very best management talent. Turnkey now benefits from ZRG’s global footprint, full array of industry practice groups, data-driven, analytical search tools, and technology investment in changing the way executive search/talent recruiting is done. TurnkeyZRG is a tech-enabled disrupter of the prior executive search model.
Over the past four years, ZRG has been the leader in top line growth and increasing market share through its talented workforce and its investments in industry leading innovations and talent acquisition tools supporting its clients in making better informed and timely talent decisions. The proprietary collaborative Zi platform with its integrated Z Score, Compensation Tools, Interview Insights, and Culture Fit Score have accelerated the hiring process in excess of thirty percent with better decision-making. Since 1999, ZRG’s data-driven approach to executive and professional search has been changing the way its clients think about acquiring top talent. For over 20 years, clients have trusted ZRG to recruit top talent around the world. Today, ZRG is recognized as the fastest-growing global search firm and provides a full suite of retained executive management and customized talent solutions through its locations in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
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