We are advisors and active investors driving meaningful change in high-potential businesses, cultures, and leaders.
At 2120 Partners, LLC, we drive transformational change and growth through our distinct fusion of operator and investor experience. We focus on companies which are driven to create meaningful impact in the world, going beyond financial success.
We build businesses by championing talent and making the right connections. With four decades of experience, 2120 Partners utilize our extensive network to provide portfolio companies with the right expertise at critical moments, empowering entrepreneurs to focus on what you do best: creating and innovating.
We leverage our core expertise in omnichannel marketing, partnering with best-in-class subject matter experts across industries to maximize growth through all channels.
Representing diverse investor groups and serving on the boards of mission-driven nonprofits, our vast network of business leaders provides versatile, specialized knowledge to tackle the challenges our portfolio companies face.
After nearly three decades building and leading TPN, culminating in a successful sale to Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC), our founder started advising and investing to transform entrepreneurial potential into performance.
As a principal of TPN, Rich built a regional agency into a global leader in commerce marketing, achieving annual revenue over $100 million. Under his leadership, TPN evolved from traditional consumer promotions to pioneering shopper and commerce marketing, setting the pace in omnichannel marketing for clients including PepsiCo, Clorox, Hershey, Walmart, Bank of America, AT&T, and Grupo Bimbo. Rich helped companies consistently reinvent themselves and has built enduring client partnerships with average retention of 17 years and a 90% referral rate.
Rich currently serves as a member of HBS Angels, an investor group of Harvard Business School alumni focused on early-stage startups. He also serves as President of The Smart Family Foundation and on the boards of Steppenwolf Theater, Lincoln Park Zoo, and the Members Investors’ Council at The University of Chicago Crime Lab.
He earned an AB from Vassar College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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