Bill Richter
InvestorBoard Member at Global Partnerships · Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group · Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Labs
Seattle
Writes $500K – $10M checks · typically $5M
Find your path to Bill
413 people in our graph share verified history with Bill — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
About
Bill Richter is the CEO of Qumulo and a venture partner at Madrona, where he helps identify new investments and advises portfolio companies on strategy and operations. He built more than 20 years of leadership experience in technology, including serving as president of EMC's Isilon Storage Division, which he grew to $1.5 billion in annual revenue, and as COO of EMC's Midrange Storage business. Earlier, he was Isilon's public company CFO through its $2.5 billion sale to EMC in 2010, and before that a finance director at Amazon.com. He began his career with eight years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, focused on the technology industry in Seattle and later London.
Contact· published on Bill's own website
Beyond investing
- Education
- Graduated from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington with a bachelor's in business administration.
- Boards
- Serves on the board of Global Partnerships, an impact-first investment organization focused on bringing opportunity to people living in poverty.
- Hobbies
- Is an avid traveler and plays bridge, squash, and golf.
- Family
- He and his wife, Gimena, have two young daughters.
From Bill's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Experience
- Madrona Venture Group - www.madrona.comVenture Partnercurrent2016 — presentGreater Seattle Area
- Madrona Venture Group - www.madrona.comEIR2014 — 2015Seattle
- Global PartnershipsBoard Membercurrent2016 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- Qumulo, Inc.CEO2016 — 2024Greater Seattle Area
- SkytapMember Board of Directors2016 — 2024
- LumaTax, Inc.Member of the Board of Directors2016 — 2021
- SyntonicAdvisory Board Member2014 — 2016
- EMCPresident, Isilon Storage Division, EMC2012 — 2014
- EMCVP of Finance and Operations of Midrange Storage, EMC2011 — 2012
- Isilon Systems Inc.CFO2007 — 2011
- Isilon SystemsSr. Director, Corporate Controller2006 — 2007
- Amazon.comFinance and Accounting Director2005 — 2006
- PriceWaterhouseCoopersSr. Manager1997 — 2005
Skills & more
+12 more
Financial ReportingUS GAAPAcquisition IntegrationFinanceCross-functional Team LeadershipAccountingStrategic PartnershipsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSStrategyManagementLeadershipLanguages English · Spanish
From Bill's professional profile.
Colleagues at Global Partnerships
Network7
Investors connected to Bill in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Bill Richter?
- Bill Richter is the CEO of Qumulo and a venture partner at Madrona, where he helps identify new investments and advises portfolio companies on strategy and operations. He built more than 20 years of leadership experience in technology, including serving as president of EMC's Isilon Storage Division, which he grew to $1.5 billion in annual revenue, and as COO of EMC's Midrange Storage business. Earlier, he was Isilon's public company CFO through its $2.5 billion sale to EMC in 2010, and before that a finance director at Amazon.com. He began his career with eight years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, focused on the technology industry in Seattle and later London.
- Where does Bill Richter work?
- Bill Richter is Board Member at Global Partnerships.
- What check size does Bill Richter write?
- Bill Richter typically writes checks of $500K – $10M.
- Where did Bill Richter go to school?
- Bill Richter studied at UW Foster School of Business (BA, Finance).
Same school
Also attended UW Foster School of Business108
+ 102 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Qumulo, Inc.5
Also worked at LumaTax, Inc.2
Also worked at EMC304
+ 298 more
