About
Rick Hayes has been a Managing Partner of Jasper Ridge Partners since 2004. Prior to joining Jasper Ridge Partners, Rick was the Senior Investment Officer for the CalPERS Alternative Investment Management (AIM) Program and was a member of the five-person Senior Team managing the entire $200+ billion portfolio for CalPERS, the largest pension fund in the United States. From 2000 to 2004, he served as the elected Chairman of the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), the global private equity association whose members collectively manage over $1 trillion of private equity assets. Rick was named one of the “100 Most Influential People of the Decade” by Private Equity International magazine. Rick is a member of The Young Presidents/World Presidents Organization, and is involved with several charitable organizations focused on Autism. Rick earned a BA in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 4 investors at Jasper Ridge Partners are tracked.
- • 4 investors hold the Managing Partners role in VCSift. Richard J. Hayes is one of them.
- • 141 investors are based in Sacramento, California, United States.
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- Sacramento, US
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