CULTURETECHLENSKyle Gardner
VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)
Combined Graph record U-07514 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6328.
Kyle Gardner is CEO and Co-Founder of Dobson Avenue Capital Partners, LLC, a private investment firm supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs — the title given by Autism Speaks, where he chairs the Upper Midwest leadership council, and by the 2020 launch of The Empower Project for Black-owned consumer-goods businesses, in which Dobson Avenue provided advisory guidance and monetary investment. WVON's roster credits him in the lighter form 'Angel Investor.' He was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.
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Kyle Gardner is CEO and Co-Founder of Dobson Avenue Capital Partners, LLC, a private investment firm supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs — the title given by Autism Speaks, where he chairs the Upper Midwest leadership council, and by the 2020 launch of The Empower Project for Black-owned consumer-goods businesses, in which Dobson Avenue provided advisory guidance and monetary investment. WVON's roster credits him in the lighter form 'Angel Investor.' He was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.
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TITLE NOTE: independent sources give the stronger title (CEO & Co-Founder) over the roster's 'Angel Investor'; the record carries the confirmed title and states the roster form. Organization edge: Dobson Avenue Capital is not homed; edges BLOCKED until homed. Photo HELD: no Commons/LOC file located 2026-10-21.
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- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers — related to
Named to the WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026 as Angel Investor, Dobson Avenue Capital Partners, LLC.
Sources
- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers, 'The Class of 2026,' 40gamechangers.com/gamechangers (accessed 2026-10-21): lists Kyle Gardner as Angel Investor, Dobson Avenue Capital Partners, LLC, among the 43 honorees named and pictured under the Class of 2026 heading. (primary source · build store)
- Autism Speaks (accessed 2026-10-21): 'Kyle Gardner, Leadership Council Chair, CEO & Co-founder, Dobson Avenue Capital Partners, LLC.' (primary source · build store)
- Food Industry Executive (2020; accessed 2026-10-21): The Empower Project launch names Gardner as CEO and Co-Founder of Dobson Avenue Capital and quotes his commitment to underrepresented entrepreneurs. (build store)
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