Enhance Your Business Journey and be the Optimal You.
Unlock the potential of your start-up, scale up or international expansion with expert business coaching and management consultation. Learn today how Kellstar can help you to become the business leader you aspire to be.
Mission
Kellstar is a leading trainer of business leaders, founders, and entrepreneurs, as well as an investor with a unique approach. We empower our leaders and investment founders to become extraordinary through world-class mentoring and training from industry experts.
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Decades of experience working with ambitious entrepreneurs & leaders, we believe in helping them realise their potential as their own bosses and true wealth creators. Our investments span across many sectors, and we operate globally, supporting overseas expansion both virtually and physically.
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The Kellstar founding team also established the world’s largest exclusive recruitment network for recruitment CEOs.
ADVISORY
Dean Kelly, chairs regular events, advising over 300 leaders on improving their businesses and achieving their goals, both professionally and personally.
DEAN KELLY
Dean is also a founder, investor, and non-executive director (NED) for several high-growth tech companies.
Who we are
Kellstar is a specialised provider of training, consultancy, advisory services, and support for the SME sector, with individual businesses ranging from start-ups to companies generating up to $350 million in revenue.
Our team is led by Dean Kelly, a highly regarded and multi-award-winning entrepreneur. At the age of 23, Dean entered the IT recruitment industry and quickly rose to the top 0.1% of billing consultants. Within three years, he was headhunted to establish a new company for a group of investors, and within 12 months, he grew it to 42 staff members and a multi-million-pound turnover. Following a dispute over shares, Dean left to start his own business, pioneering innovative solutions that transformed the market. He expanded services overseas, establishing the fastest-growing company in the sector.
His new business scaled even faster than the previous one, becoming the UK’s fastest zero-to-exit agency when it was acquired by a UK PLC in 2005 for over $20 million in under three years. After a profit warning from the PLC, Dean took control, becoming the youngest CEO on the UK stock market at the time. He successfully turned the business around, repaid tens of millions in bank debt, delisted it from the stock market, and sold the group in 2015. Under Dean’s leadership, the business outperformed competitors in terms of growth and maintained the lowest employee attrition rates in the market.
With several successful exits across various sectors, a prosperous portfolio of companies, and a wealth of business experience, Dean decided to help other business leaders achieve their ambitions and goals.
Long before social media popularised the “millionaire health is wealth lifestyle,” Dean was and is still, living it—focusing on his family, health, and wealth.
As Dean puts it:
❝ I am a father, husband, health enthusiast, and entrepreneur — in that order. But they are not mutually exclusive. ❞
The Mentor.
Dean is a visionary entrepreneur, mentor, and investor with a proven track record of building and scaling businesses. He began his career in IT recruitment in 1998 at the age of 23, quickly rising to become a top contract biller within just two years. By 25, he was recruited by start-up investors, growing their contract business to 42 staff in its first year. At 27, Dean founded his own company, which he successfully exited at 30 to a PLC for over $20 million, taking over his acquiring business to become the youngest CEO on the UK stock market. Since then, Dean has exited several more businesses, growing his personal wealth by more than 10X. Today, as an SME investor, advisor, and business mentor, Dean has helped over 20 leaders become self-made multi-millionaires. His focus is on empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders to achieve exceptional success.
Dean Kelly
Founder & CEO of Kellstar
More History:
Dean’s entrepreneurial journey is marked by remarkable success and an ability to turn vision into reality. At 27, after a share vesting dispute despite hitting a three-year target in just one year, Dean launched his own company. Within three years, his record-breaking efforts, with thriving overseas offices and a bustling London HQ, led to an acquisition valued at over $20 million, making him a multi-millionaire by the age of 30.
Following the acquisition, Dean took control of the PLC as the youngest CEO on the UK stock market, overseeing 25 global offices and leading a nine-figure enterprise. His entrepreneurial ventures expanded beyond recruitment to include recruitment technology, SaaS platforms, property, food, health, and streaming companies—leading to multiple successful exits and a growing portfolio of investment businesses.
Since his first major exit, Dean has grown his personal wealth over 10X and continues to mentor and invest in entrepreneurs across various sectors. As the founder of the world’s largest recruitment CEO membership network, with a combined turnover nearing $4 billion, Dean remains committed to driving success in his original industry while advising and mentoring leaders from his investment portfolio. He also trains and mentors business leaders across all sectors, helping them craft their own “Wealth Style” for achieving optimal personal and professional success.
Meet Dean Kelly.
Dean, a visionary entrepreneur and investor, dropped into the world of IT recruitment in 1998 at 23, swiftly emerging as an industry top contract biller within two years. At 25, a feature in the Evening Standard led to his recruitment by a group of serial investors, resulting in the establishment of a highly successful tech recruitment agency. Within 14 months, Dean had cultivated a profitable contract, permanent, and overseas division, boasting 43 staff members.
Dean Kelly
Founder & CEO of Kellstar
More History:
Despite reaching a three-year target in the first year, a share vesting dispute led Dean to launch his own company at 27. A record-breaking effort saw his business, with overseas offices and a thriving London HQ, acquired for circa $20 million just three years later, making Dean a liquid multi-millionaire at the age of 30.
Taking control of the acquiring PLC, he became the youngest CEO on the stock market, overseeing 25 offices worldwide. Dean’s entrepreneurial journey continued with ventures in recruitment and recruitment technology, leading to multiple successful exits and the creation of numerous millionaires.
Since his initial exit, Dean is on his way to 10x his personal wealth and is actively mentoring entrepreneurs to achieve their aspirations and create personal wealth. As the co-founder of the world’s largest recruitment CEO membership network, boasting a combined turnover exceeding $4 billion, Dean remains dedicated to fostering success within the industry
The Team
CFO
Daniel is an Ex-Top 4 accountant and stock market CFO, with over 20 years experience in recruitment, M&A, de-listings, and an IPO. Daniel has worked with Kellstar founder Dean Kelly since 2006 and his team works with over 30 recruitment agencies, for which he is a board advisor to over 15 agencies.
Outside of work, Dan is happily married with two children, he’s a dedicated Manchester United fan, enduring the pain of the last few years and he loves to get away and explore new parts of the world
Structures & Sales Director
Trevor is a recruitment veteran with over 25 years of industry experience. He has operated in every agency role from Consultant to Managing Director, successfully leading and owning agencies where he has scaled teams to over 50 consultants. For the last 5 years, Trevor has split his role as a recruitment director to leverage his passion for coaching, mentoring, and training under his J9 program. During this time he has worked with over 2000 recruiters and over 300 business leaders to help them scale, structure, and sell better.
Trevor works with Kellstar invested agencies to ensure they have the right structure and sales skills to optimise performance and value.
Trevor works with Kellstar invested agencies to ensure they have the right structure and sales skills to optimise performance and value.
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