Richard Hagestad

Richard H. is currently a Private Equity Associate at OceanSound Partners, a position held since July 2023. Prior to this role, Richard served as an Investment Banking Analyst at Lazard from July 2021 to June 2023, following a brief internship as an Investment Banking Summer Analyst at the same firm in mid-2020. Richard's early career included an Operations Intern role at Adelantos in the summer of 2017 and several years as an Instructor at Surf Sessions from 2013 to 2016. Richard holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Southern California, having completed studies in November 2020.