Ted Coiné

Ted Coiné is CEO of Benevolent Capital Group, an investment and consulting firm that specializes in scaling the highly profitable practical companies that are the engines of our economy. Benevolent has been called the world’s smallest Berkshire Hathaway.

Ted built his first business, a language school, from his living room to a $10 million valuation in four years through a relentless focus on customer experience and employee engagement. He has been CEO of four companies, CMO of a tech startup, and has served on numerous for profit and nonprofit boards.

The entire time he and his staff were building the first Coiné companies, Ted sought guidance for Main Street businesses like his – the kind of help investors and experts line up to give Silicon Valley startups. After searching for some version of Benevolent Capital Group for twenty-five years, Ted and his partners finally founded it themselves.

Ted is author of Five Star Customer Service and other titles. He has written for Harvard Business Review and has been top ranked by Inc Magazine as a leadership expert and keynote speaker. Forbes named him a top social media “power influencer” for the business wisdom he shares with his half-million online followers and subscribers.

His first love is teaching. He has taught entrepreneurship, marketing, finance, law, and English in college, high school, and to adults for 25 years. His students consistently win or place in local, regional, and national pitch competitions.

Ted collects fascinating people. First among them is his wife of 30 years and his two college-aged daughters, all born in Boston. The Coiné family has called Naples, Florida, home for the past 20 years.

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