Ryan Richards

Mr. Richards has over 15 years of lower-middle market private equity experience. Prior to joining CW Industrial Partners, he was a Partner at Walnut Ridge, a Cleveland-based single-family office, where he led the organization’s direct investing activities. Prior to Walnut Ridge, Mr. Richards was a Partner at The Riverside Company and was a leader in the firm’s Specialty Manufacturing specialization.  Mr. Richards started his career in M&A investment banking at Lincoln International and worked in Strategy & Corporate Development at PepsiCo.

Mr. Richards received a Master of Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Wake Forest University where he graduated summa cum laude.