Energy Capital Ventures

Richard "Rick" Viton is an investor at IA Capital Group, which he joined in 2008 after roughly a decade advising the firm and its portfolio companies, and where he now focuses on the insurance industry and sits on the investment committee. His earlier career was in financial services as a senior investment banker, including roles as Managing Director in the FIG group at Credit Suisse (2005-2007) and UBS (1997-2005), where he completed over 150 financing and M&A transactions totaling more than $60 billion. He has advised many of the largest US and global insurers, including MetLife, Prudential, Nationwide, The Hartford and SwissRe. Alongside IA Capital, he is a Partner at Energy Capital Ventures and an investment banker at Ramirez & Co. He holds a Master of Management from the Kellogg School of Management and a BA in Economics from Northwestern University.