William Ritchie
Partner at Cleargate Partners
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States
William "Will" Ritchie is the Co-Founder and Partner at Cleargate Partners, a firm focused on growth-stage healthcare companies. Previously, he was a Managing Director on the Healthcare team at Madison Dearborn Partners for over 18 years. He earned his M. B. A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a B. A. from Yale University.
He co-founded Cleargate Partners with a specific focus on investing in and innovating within earlier-stage healthcare companies, seeing a significant need in the system.
Read the full overview →Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Partner
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
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Priorities
Topics William cares about
Healthcare Investing
He has built his career around healthcare investments, formerly as a Managing Director at Madison Dearborn Partners and now as a co-founder of Cleargate Partners.
Early-Stage Growth
He founded his new firm specifically to work with healthcare companies at an earlier stage of their growth, a part of the market he particularly enjoys.
Career
Work history
1-2025
Partner
Cleargate Partners
12-2022 - 12-2024
Managing Director
Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
5-2022 - 12-2024
Board Member
Patriot Home Care
5-2022 - 12-2024
Board Member
Sevita
7-2020 - 8-2023
Board Member
Syntellis Performance Solutions
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Education
2011 - 2013
M.B.A
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
2003 - 2007
B.A.
Yale University
Social presence
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