Rick Slocum is the Chief Investment Officer at Harvard Management Company (HMC), where he has served since 2017. His extensive experience includes managing private equity for foundations and leading a large family office. He holds both a BS and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
He is actively involved with prominent non-profit organizations, serving on the Rockefeller Foundations Investment Committee. His professional history and interests align with the goals of sophisticated investors, foundations, and family offices, and he follows innovation in the venture capital space.
As HMCs first-ever CIO, he was brought in to lead a major strategic overhaul of the endowments investment model.