Rick Magnuson

Executive Managing Director

Current Board Seats: STAG Venture, Duckhorn Wine Company, The Linc Group, Chairman of Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR)
Previous Board Seats: Sunset Gower Studios
Sector Focus: Commercial real estate, leisure, housing, consumer and retail

Background

Rick Magnuson founded GI Partners in 2001. He leads the GI Partners team and oversees all of the group's operations. Prior to founding GI Partners, he served as Deputy Managing Director of Nomura’s Principal Finance Group in London, which he joined in 1994. At Nomura, he assisted in the investment and oversight of approximately $3 billion of equity capital invested in businesses and properties located in North America and Europe. Previously, Mr. Magnuson was a Director of Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch, where he provided corporate finance and M&A advice to asset-based businesses. Earlier in his career, he worked for Digital Research, the company that created the personal computer operating system, and founded and sold Interactive Software, a software services company. He also previously served on the board of Glenborough Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: GLB) until its sale in 2006. He is a charter member of the San Francisco Bay YPO chapter and an active member of the Hoover Institution at Stanford.

Education

• M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business
• B.A. with honors from Dartmouth College