Payne Brown
Managing Director
Mr. Brown is a Managing Director at HPS Investment Partners. Mr. Brown worked as a Managing Director at HPS focusing on TMT growth for 6 years and rejoined HPS in 2021. Prior to rejoining HPS, Mr. Brown was the President of THINK450 the for-profit arm of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) responsible for brand collaborations, product licensing and thought leadership. Prior to THINK450, Mr. Brown was the Managing Partner of Econet Media Partners. Mr. Brown also served as Dick Parsons’ chief of staff during the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers. From 1998 to 2012, Mr. Brown was Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and a corporate officer at Comcast Corporation. He served on Comcast’s Cable Division’s Executive Committee. In addition, Mr. Brown established and served on Comcast’s diversity council, developed Comcast’s overall diversity philosophy and was responsible for programming content, target marketing and public affairs. Mr. Brown was also a consulting member of TV One’s executive management team and worked with them on business development and strategy issues. Mr. Brown was named as one of Ebony magazine’s “Power 100” and Uptown Professional magazine’s 100 Top Executives in America (recognizing outstanding culturally and ethnically diverse executives). Mr. Brown received a BS in Management from Purdue University and a JD from George Washington University, National Law Center.