Richard Sussman

Richard’s career spans across private equity, venture capital, Fortune 500, and start-ups in technology, media & telecommunications (TMT) scaling revenue, tech, and capital across a diverse portfolio globally.

He has run operations, IP, and revenue-generating business units at four tech/media/data companies with ~$1B market caps (The Nielsen Company, IPG, TiVo-Rovi, and Gracenote-Tribune Media); as well as co-founding two venture-backed media, entertainment & eCommerce technology platforms (with respectable exits) and two venture capital funds. The first, as a founding Managing Partner of a European-American growth fund with a portfolio of 20+ investments worldwide returning ~700% IRR for investors and tracking top-decile fund performance. The second, a 21+ portfolio seed-stage venture fund which leverages data science and Silicon Valley’s most accomplished founders to invest in a portfolio of Y Combinator startups with the statistical power to outperform, also tracking top-decile fund performance with a 53% mark up to date.

Richard is often interviewed and profiled on the state of technology by media publications such as Los Angeles Business Journal, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and The Los Angeles Times. He is often seen speaking at industry events such as the Goldman Sachs’ Special Situations Group, Digital Hollywood, Digital Analytics Association, and the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). He is also an occasional guest lecturer at UCLA, USC, and other Universities and has published several thought-pieces on the state of TMT, Private Equity, and Venture Capital.

Richard is a graduate of the Harvard Business School, Saybrook University, and Franklin University Switzerland. He is a recipient of several industry awards including the two-time recipient of ARF’s Great Mind Award, Nielsen's Best of the Best Award, and nominated as one of the 50th most influential alumni in 50 years from Franklin University Switzerland. He is originally from London, England, grew up in Los Angeles, bi-lingual, studied & worked in the U.S., S. Africa, and Europe, and visited ~30 countries across NCSA, APAC, BRICS, EMEA, NCSA.