William B. Richards

Bill is a seasoned investment professional with over 40 years of experience in the global financial industry. He serves as an Independent Board Director and and/or Senior advisor to a range of organizations, both in the not-for-profit and for-profit arenas. His Wall Street career began in 1973 at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. He has a long-history of involvement within the hedge fund community, which began in 1983 when he met Julian H Robertson Jr. of Tiger Management. Bill has been investing in hedge funds ever since. He has lectured at the University of Virginia, Yale University, Harvard University and I.E. University in Madrid, Spain.

Bill serves on the board of the Jamestown Foundation which is widely considered one of the best resources on Terrorism and Russia. Bill was a U.S. Army Infantry Lieutenant in Vietnam and spoke Vietnamese. He is Chairman of the Governors Council of the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation in NYC. He has a long history of involvement in causes related to Cerebral Palsy. He is an “Honorary Angel” of 100 Women in Hedge Funds. He is a Trustee of the Episcopal Academy, founded in 1785, in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. Bill is also a Board Member of Potentia Analytics, a software company and is a Founding Partner of Arabia Analytica, LLC. He is on the Board of Rhymella, a children’s book company.