Advisory Council

Richard Perry

Chief Executive Officer, Perry Capital

Richard Perry co-founded Perry Capital in 1988.  Prior to 1988, Perry was in the equity arbitrage area of Goldman, Sachs & Co.  He was also an adjunct associate professor at the Stern School of Business at New York University, where he taught a course in the finance department.  Perry serves on the board of directors of Capital Business Credit LLC, Endurance Specialty Holdings, Ltd, Universal American Corp. and Northwest Investments LLC.  Perry is a member of the boards of trustees of Facing History and Ourselves, Harlem Children's Zone and the University of Pennsylvania. He is also on the Advisory Council of the Hamilton Project. He earned an MBA at New York University’s Stern School of Business in 1980, and a BS at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in 1977.