Rich is one of the founding partners of Sports Club Advisors. He is an experienced investment banker, a former Wall Street attorney, and a successful sports and fitness entrepreneur.

Rich began his investment banking career with Prudential Capital, one of the investment units of The Prudential Insurance Company. While at Prudential, he was part of a team that provided the capital to build several prominent sports facilities including The Allen Center (now the Moda Center) in Portland, Oregon, the Spectrum Center (now the Wells Fargo Center) in Philadelphia, and the United Center in Chicago.

Rich then became President of a nationally recognized middle-market mergers & acquisitions firm with 14 offices around the country.

After almost seven years growing that company, he left to co-found his own M&A firm that was quickly recognized by Crain’s Chicago Business as one of the Top Investment Banking firms in Chicago.

Rich is also the co-founder of the Exit Planning Institute, the leading provider of education, training, and resources for business advisors committed to the field of exit planning. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book, The $10 Trillion Opportunity.