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Richard J. Williams
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Rick has a successful track record of investing in middle market
companies since 1990. Prior to co-founding WestView
Capital Partners, he was a Partner in Tudor Investment Corporation’s
private equity group. Tudor is a globally recognized investment
manager with over $10 billion in total capital and more than $500
million under management in its private equity area. While at Tudor,
Rick focused on investing in growth-oriented service companies.
Prior to joining Tudor in 2000, Rick was a Managing Director of Triumph Capital Group, a Boston-based
private equity firm with more than $800 million in capital. During
his ten years at Triumph, he led numerous investments in middle
market companies in a variety of recapitalization, growth financing,
leveraged buyout and consolidation transactions. Before joining
Triumph in 1990, Rick was an Associate in the investment
banking group of Drexel Burnham Lambert.
While at both Tudor and Triumph, Rick was responsible for investments
in companies in the business services, healthcare services, distribution
and technology services industries. He has served as a director
of numerous companies, including Ameridata Technologies (NYSE: ADA), United Natural Foods (NASDAQ:
UNFI), Hatten Communications, Claricom Holdings, Longview Group,
International Computer Graphics, OutSource International (NASDAQ:
OSIX), Value Asset Management, Certus Corporation, Ballard Petroleum,
Granitar Systems, Knowledge Impact, ManagedStorage International
and Wavelink Corporation.
Rick received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from Yale University
and his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. |
