Rich Lawson
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Managing Partner
Rich co-founded HGGC in 2007 and is a member of the Fund V, Fund IV, Fund III, Fund II, and HGCP Fund Investment Committees. Rich has been involved in all phases of the firm’s development since its inception and directs HGGC’s firm governance, investment decisions, and investor relations.
Rich’s current and prior board and portfolio involvement includes the Firm’s Fund IV investments Aspire and PCF Insurance; Fund III investments AMI, Better Being, Beauty Industry Group, Denodo, Fortra, Idera, Mi9, RPX and Monotype; Fund II investments 4over, AutoAlert, Davies, Dynata, Dealer-FX, FPX, Integrity, Selligent, Serena Software, and Stova; and HGCP Fund investments hybris, Innovative Interfaces, MyWebGrocer, and Sunquest. In addition to his investment responsibilities, Rich is a member of the Marketing Committee, Compensation, Finance and Operations, Investor Relations, Legal and Compliance, and Valuation Committees within HGGC.
Rich also serves as a Director, Chairman emeritus or trustee of several philanthropic and cultural institutions, including the Capital Impact Foundation, San Francisco Zoo, Wasatch Adaptive Sports, and the Forever Young Foundation, the organization that is a primary benefactor of the portion of HGGC’s carried interest proceeds that is used to support extensive philanthropic work in children’s causes around the world.
Rich established HGGC (formerly known as Huntsman Gay Capital Partners) in 2007 with Steve Young, industrialist Jon M. Huntsman and Robert C. Gay and previously was Co-Founder and Managing Director of Sorenson Capital, a private equity firm that focused on middle- market leveraged buyouts in the Western United States. Prior to Sorenson Capital, Rich was President and Chief Executive Officer of enterprise software company Found, Inc. and worked for Morgan Stanley in the New York and Tokyo offices as a member of the Corporate Finance and Mergers, Acquisitions & Restructuring departments.
Rich received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and his B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Amherst College.
