Background
Rick has been a venture capitalist and technology investor for nearly 40 years. He and Jay Hoag co-founded TCV in 1995. Rick has been recognized by Forbes on its Midas List as one of the industry’s top technology investors.

Prior to TCV, Rick was a Managing Director at Montgomery Securities, where he spent more than 10 years focusing on telecommunications and data communications as a venture capitalist and senior equity research analyst. Rick’s research received number one institutional rankings from Greenwich Associates and “Home Run Hitter” accolades from Institutional Investor Magazine.

Interests
Rick is a member of the Dartmouth College Board of Trustees. He chairs its Investment Committee and is a member of the Finance and Executive Committees. Rick is also a member of the UCSF Board of Overseers.

Education
Rick graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College with an A.B. degree in History and received his M.B.A. with an emphasis in Finance from the University of Chicago.