Clay Richards

Operating Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

📍 Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Clay Richards is a Nashville-based Operating Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, focusing on healthcare investments. He was previously the founder and CEO of naviHealth, a company he built to transform post-acute care. He holds a law degree from the University of Mississippi and a finance degree from Washington and Lee University.

Outside of his direct professional roles, Clay maintains a strong connection to his alma mater, Washington and Lee University. He is deeply integrated into the Nashville business community, having founded his company there and continuing to operate from the city in his current private equity role.

He started naviHealth in 2012 with a self-described "swashbuckling attitude" to revolutionize how post-acute care was delivered.

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Experience

18 Years

Current Role

Operating Partner

Location

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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Priorities

Topics Clay cares about

Healthcare Investing

As an Operating Partner at a private equity firm, he actively invests in and advises healthcare companies.

Post-Acute Care

He founded and scaled naviHealth, demonstrating deep domain expertise and a passion for transforming this specific healthcare sector.

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Career

Work history

6-2022

Operating Partner

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

1-2012 - 1-2022

President and CEO

naviHealth

2-2007 - 1-2012

VP, Health Plan Market

Healthways

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Education

1998 - 2001

Doctor of Law (JD)

University of Mississippi School of Law

1992 - 1996

BS - accounting and finance

Washington and Lee University

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