Kirk Konert is a Managing Partner at AE Industrial Partners, where he originated in 2014 as a Principal and now leads. See sector focus and contact routes.
Kirk Konert is a Managing Partner at AE Industrial Partners, where he originated in 2014 as a Principal and now leads portfolio investment origination, execution, and monitoring while serving on the firm’s Investment Committee. His investment focus centers on specialized sectors critical to national security, aerospace, defense, and industrial services, with a geographic emphasis on the United States. Konert typically acts as a lead investor through AE Industrial’s private equity platform, which manages $7.2 billion in assets and targets companies in space and defense. Notable portfolio companies where he serves on the board include Firefly Aerospace, BigBear.ai, Redwire, and York Space Systems. Firefly Aerospace, for which Konert sits on the board, became the first private company to land a spacecraft on the moon, beating SpaceX in a milestone for commercial space exploration. Konert has publicly emphasized skepticism toward large government space contracts favoring incumbents like SpaceX, advocating instead for diversified investment in emerging critical technology providers. He chairs the Compensation Committee at BigBear.ai and has held board roles
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