Alpha Wave is an investment company that has three main verticals; private equity, private credit, and public markets.

In private equity, Alpha Wave's objective is to invest in best-in-class growth stage companies and endeavor to be helpful, long-term partners to the exceptional founders and management teams; in credit, direct private lending to businesses looking for funding solutions; and in public markets, an uncorrelated strategy.

Alpha Wave has offices in Miami, New York, London, Monaco, Madrid, Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv, Mumbai, Bangalore, and Sydney.

Prior to founding Alpha Wave, Rick was a Founding Member and Managing Director of Blue Ridge Capital, a global investment firm started in 1996, where he was from inception for 15 years.

Rick is on the board of 2PointZero, a unit of the Abu Dhabi investment company IHC (IHC is the largest investment company in the UAE). 2PointZero owns assets in financial services, metals and mining, and infrastructure solutions. He the board of Multiply Group, a listed unit of IHC. He is on the board of Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners, a joint venture between Mubadala and Alpha Wave.

He also serves on the board of Aman Group, one of the leading luxury resort and residential operators in the world.

He is on the board of Beast Industries, the parent company of MrBeast, the largest content creator in the world. He’s also on the board of gamma, a music company, and Athletic Greens (known as AG1), a leading nutrition company, and The h.wood Group, a leading hospitality company.

Rick is a board member of African Mission Healthcare, which provides critical support where it is urgently needed; to mission hospitals in Africa. These hospitals profoundly change the trajectory of countless lives that otherwise would not have access to even the most basic care.

Rick is a member of the Cleveland Clinic International Leadership Board. The Cleveland Clinic is a global leader in patient care and research, consistently ranked one of the best hospitals in the US and globally. Rick is a board member of 92nd Street Y (a leading cultural institution). He is a member of the Panthera Conservation Council. Rick is a member of the Belfer Center's International Council at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Rick graduated from the University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce with a B.S. in Commerce with a concentration in Finance.