Rick Gerson

Rick Gerson is the Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Alpha Wave, a global investment management company.

Alpha Wave is an investment company that has three main verticals; private equity, private credit, and public markets. Some of Alpha Wave's investments include SpaceX, Aman Group, Athletic Greens, Apnimed, COUR Pharmaceuticals, OfBusiness, and Lenskart.

Prior to founding Alpha Wave, Rick was a Founding Member and Managing Director of Blue Ridge Capital, a global investment firm started in 1996, where he was from inception for 15 years.

Rick serves on the board of directors of Aman Group, a leading resort, hotel, and residence brand with 34 properties across 20 countries. He's on the board of Athletic Greens, a comprehensive, trusted, and convenient source of daily nutrition. He serves on the board of Arena Events Group, a leading global event and entertainment services business. He is a co-founder and serves on the board of Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners, and is on the board of 2PointZero and Multiply Group, both Abu Dhabi-based holding companies. Rick also serves on the board of Transcend Therapeutics, a clinical-stage, neuroscience-focused company developing next-generation psychoactive medicines for neuropsychiatric disease.

Rick is a board member of African Mission Healthcare, which provides critical support where it is urgently needed; to mission hospitals in Africa. These hospitals profoundly change the trajectory of countless lives that otherwise would not have access to even the most basic care. Mission hospitals are the foundation of medical care on the continent, accounting for one third of all medical care in sub-Sahara Africa. They provide high quality care in some of the most medically underserved areas in the world. They also provide much needed training to scale patient care across the continent.

Rick is a member of the Cleveland Clinic International Leadership Board. The Cleveland Clinic is a global leader in patient care and research, consistently ranked one of the best hospitals in the US and globally. Rick is a board member of 92nd Street Y (a leading cultural institution). He was a founding member of the Board of Trustees of PAVE (a charter school in Brooklyn). He is a member of the Panthera Conservation Council. Rick is a member of the Belfer Center's International Council at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Rick graduated from the University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce with a B.S. in Commerce with a concentration in Finance.