Richard Thompson

Rich is a private investor, focused primarily on publicly traded small cap companies. After graduating from Bentley with a BS in Finance, Rich joined Manchester Growth Fund (a $100m AUM hedge fund) as an Equity Analyst creating both long and short fund positions. He joined the Equity Division of Fidelity Management and Research (FMR) in 1996. Rich was hired as an Equity Research Associate and later promoted to Equity Research Analyst covering the Technology, Consumer, Healthcare and Energy sectors. Rich then moved to the Fidelity London office to assume the role of Small Cap Team Leader and Portfolio Manager of the UK Small Cap Fund ($350m AUM). He later returned to Boston to assume the role of US Equity Small Cap Portfolio Manager ($3b AUM) and was ultimately named Managing Director of Research of the Small Cap, Technology and Consumer teams. Rich retired from FMR in 2019.