David Corbin is a Senior Operating Partner at Lincolnshire and is on the Operations Team. David has held a C-suite role at ten different companies during his career, seven of which were CEO or President titles. David began his affiliation with Lincolnshire in 2021, when he was the CEO and a Board Member at Fund V portfolio company, Barrier Compliance Services. Prior to Barrier, David was a CEO and Board Member at American Silk Mills. He also added value in executive roles at ZS Fund, Real Home Furnishing by Oak West, Steve Silver Company, Southerland, Inc., Hunt Private Equity Group, Chromcraft Revington, Home Meridian International, Corbin, LLC, and Procter & Gamble. While at Corbin, LLC, he won an Inc. Magazine and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. During his tenure at Steve Silver, he led the company to win the prestigious Excellence in Ownership Award in 2014 from the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) as one of the nation’s most innovative and high growth ESOP’s.
David holds a BA from Princeton University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude while being a NCAA Division 1 swimmer and earned an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business. David is also a former member of the U.S. Sailing team having competed in the America’s Cup and other international races for the U.S. David holds a Six Sigma Black Belt and sits on the Advisory Council for Harvard Business Review. Outside of work David enjoys spending time with his family, sailing, and mentoring young entrepreneurs through his affiliation with SCORE mentoring.