Richard J. Hayes

Rick Hayes is a Managing Partner of Jasper Ridge Partners and co-leads the private equity team. Prior to joining Jasper Ridge Partners in 2004, Rick was the Senior Investment Officer for the CalPERS Alternative Investment Management (AIM) Program and was a member of the five-person Senior Team managing the entire $200+ billion portfolio for CalPERS, the largest pension fund in the U.S.

From 2000 to 2004, he served as the elected Chairman of the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), the global private equity association whose members collectively manage over $1 trillion of private equity assets. Rick was named one of the “100 Most Influential People of the Decade” by Private Equity International magazine. Rick is involved with YPO and several charitable organizations focused on autism.

Rick earned a BA in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.