Turnkey Search Fully Integrated With ZRG

Rochelle Park, NJ, May 15, 2025 – Global talent advisory firm ZRG today announced that the integration of TurnkeyZRG, f/k/a Turnkey Search, is complete. The team is now the Sports, Music, and Live Entertainment practice group at ZRG.

Founded in 1996 by Len Perna as Turnkey Sports, the company grew rapidly to become one of the premiere executive search firms for professional sports, college sports, sports media, and music and live entertainment. The firm was acquired by ZRG in 2021.

As the Sports, Music, and Live Entertainment practice, the team will continue to deliver the same world-class experience their clients have come to expect. That service has led to over 1,800 placements for clients like the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS, NWSL, Champions League, Premier League, La Liga, ACC, Big 10, Big12, USOPC, US Soccer Federation, Professional Fighters League, Tennis Channel, DAZN and many more. The focus remains the same: we deliver the best talent, backed with data-driven, quantitative solutions.

“In the last few years, we’ve really seen the Turnkey team become part of the broader ZRG team, reaching across industry verticals to deliver for our clients,” said Larry Hartmann, CEO of ZRG. “Len and the team have continued to deliver seamlessly, and we’re proud of the work they’ve done.”

Len Perna, Founder and CEO of Turnkey added, “When you need to make a hire, you want a global talent firm like ZRG.  Our sports, media and live entertainment group plugs into a global talent firm with global practice groups specializing in human capital, financial officers, marketing, consumer, digital, media, real estate, construction, and more.  You get hands-on subject matter expertise in sports & entertainment combined with the depth and scale of far-reaching functional specializations.  You don’t want your jersey patch sales rep or ticketing advisor recruiting for you.  You need a talent expert.  Talent is what we do, it’s all we do, and embedding Turnkey into ZRG’s incredible breadth of specializations is the winning solution for sports.”

About ZRG

ZRG is a global talent advisory firm that is changing the way companies hire and manage talent. ZRG’s data-driven approach to executive and professional search has been changing the way clients think about how to find top talent. The company’s digital Zi platform combines talent intelligence, candidate insights, and process improvement to dramatically deliver executive searches quicker and with proven better results.

Today, with the help of private equity investor RFE Investment Partners, ZRG is among the fastest growing firms in the search industry and provides a full suite of retained search, on-demand talent, and consulting and advisory solutions across the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Australia.

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