Rick Rees

As Co-Founder and Managing Partner of LongueVue Capital, Rick Rees participates in all investment decisions and day-to-day company management. Since the firm’s founding in 2001, Rick has served as a General Partner of LVC and Co-Chair of the firm’s Investment and Executive Committees. Rick sits on the Board of Directors of LVC portfolio companies Jackson Offshore Holdings and TileBar and serves as Chairman of the Board of LVC portfolio companies ECA Medical Instruments, Zavation, PRT, and Pod Pack International.

Prior to VLC, Rick is the former Executive Vice President and CFO of Halter Marine Group (AMX:HMG), a $1 billion revenue company specializing in the design, construction, conversion, and repair of marine vessels, mobile offshore rigs, and engineered products for commercial and government markets. Following HMG’s merger with Friede Goldman, Inc. (NYSE:FGH), Rick joined FGH as CFO, a role he held until starting LVC. Prior to HMG, Rick was a managing partner at City Capital Corporation, a private equity firm with significant holdings in maritime related businesses. Before joining City Capital, Rick was CFO and a member of the Board Of Directors of Halter Marine, Inc, the antecedent of HMG, which was sold to Trinity industries (NYSE:TRN). Rick graduated cum laude from Tulane University with both BA and MBA degrees and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

Outside of VLC, Rick has been recognized as Entrepreneur of the Year and Outstanding Alumnus by his alma mater, Tulane University, where he currently serves on the Board of Administrators and Executive Committee of the Board. Rick is also co-founder of the New Orleans Start-Up Fund, an organization committed to developing New Orleans’s capital ecosystem to support young entrepreneurs. Rick’s passion for golf is matched only by his passion for maintaining a high handicap. When not in New Orleans, Rick enjoys spending time with his wife, and three children.