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Richard Gorelick

Investor, advisor, entrepreneur and executive

Austin, Texas

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

2020

  • Manager

    2020

    Building a legal tech business in stealth mode. Research and develop business opportunities and provide business advisory services.

  • President

    2007

    Manage family investments, including venture capital in private early-stage businesses.

  • Director

    2015

    Serve on the board of directors of this provider of award-winning software solutions that enable intelligent decision-making for compliance, trade surveillance and risk management.

  • Director

    2020

    Serve on the board of directors of this Bitcoin-native financial services provider.

2020

  • Principal

    2020

    Co-founder and principal of this venture community of regulatory experts, operators and investors providing intellectual and investment capital for the future of finance.

2017 - 2020

  • Head of Market Structure

    2017 - 2020

    I joined DRW in September 2017 when it acquired the RGM Advisors business and after a brief time working on business integration took responsibility for market structure, public policy and government relations for the firm.

2001 - 2019

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2001 - 2019

    Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer for proprietary trading firm that applied scientific methods and computing power to trading in multiple asset classes around the world. Based in Austin, Texas, RGM's business was acquired by DRW in September 2017.

2010 - 2014

  • Board Member

    2010 - 2014

    Served on the Exchange Board for both of Direct Edge's securities exchanges from the time of their approval as exchanges by the SEC to the acquisition of Direct Edge by BATS.

1999 - 2001

  • Chief Strategy Officer

    2000 - 2001

    Responsible for all commercial operations, including sales, marketing, business development, finance, legal, human resources and administration for this well-known venture-backed Internet company. Primarily responsible for negotiation of sale of comparison-shopping business to eBay and sale of Usenet discussion business to Google.

  • General Counsel

    1999 - 2000

    Advised from a legal and a business perspective on all corporate, securities, marketing, intellectual property, litigation and employee matters

1996 - 1999

  • Associate, Corporate and Intellectual Property

    1996 - 1999

    Structured and negotiated domestic and international transactions, including acquisitions, private and public equity offerings, joint ventures and licenses.