Primary Job Title Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer Primary Organization Victory Park Capital
Gender Male
Investor Type
Richard Levy is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer at VPC, which he founded in 2007. He oversees the Firm’s investment and operational activities. Mr. Levy is a member of the Firm’s Management and Investment Committees.
Mr. Levy serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Victory Park portfolio companies, EMS Holdings I,
Inc., Enteris Biopharma, Inc., VPC Fuller Brush Operating Corp. (The Fuller Brush Company) and VPC Pizza Operating Corp. (Giordano’s). He is also a member of the Board of Directors of VPC portfolio companies, Global Employment Solutions, Inc., Reich Brothers Holdings, LLC and Silver Airways Corp.
Previously, Mr. Levy served as head of the Small Cap Structured Products Group and co-head of the Solutions Group at Magnetar Capital. He also co-founded and served as Managing Partner at Crestview Capital Partners.
Mr. Levy received a B.A. in political science from The Ohio State University, an M.B.A. from the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Stuart School of Business and a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law. He is a former member of the Illinois bar. He is also an active board member of the nonprofit, College Bound Opportunities.
