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BroadStreet Partners names Kirk CEO

Posted On: Apr. 22, 2021 4:26 PM CST

Ken Kirk

Acquisitive brokerage BroadStreet Partners Inc. named Ken Kirk CEO on Thursday, succeeding founder Rick Miley, who was named executive chairman.

Mr. Kirk joined the Columbus, Ohio-based brokerage in 2013 and was named president in 2017. Prior to joining BroadStreet he ran his own agency, and before that he was a regional president at Brown & Brown Inc.

“Ken’s appointment to CEO is the implementation of a long‐term succession plan,” a BroadStreet statement said.

BroadStreet is the 14th largest brokerage of U.S. business, according to Business Insurance’s most recent ranking. Mr. Miley founded the company in 2001.