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Ric Lewis

Founder/Chief
Executive/Chairman,
Tristan Capital Partners

ic Lewis’s Tristan Capital Partners is Britain’s largest He puts his money where his heart is and personally funds
black-led private company. ten fully paid scholarships for university students year-on-
RHe is chief executive and chairman of the year.
London-based real estate investment management Ric also serves on the Board of Governors of King Solomon
company, which, with more than £8 billion in assets under Academy, the Board of Directors of the Eastside Young
management and a track record in its sector that is second to Leaders Academy, is chairman of the Board of Trustees of The
none, is known as the ‘Goldman Sachs’ of the European real Institute of Imagination at London Children’s Museum and is
estate world. a Trustee of The Springboard Bursary Trust.
The firm specialises in investment strategies in all property He is an Economics graduate of Darmouth college in
types across the UK and continental Europe for select America. He is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School.
institutional and private investors. In the US, he was a Partner and Senior Managing
Ric says: “We take our work and our success very seriously, Director of AEW Capital Management, an investment
but we take ourselves far less so.” management business with 200 staff and $25billion under
Outside of work, Ric volunteers the majority of his time management.
to organisations dedicated to improving the access to and Moving to Europe, Ric then became Chief Investment
the quality of education, especially for children from less Officer and Board Director of AEW Europe, a Pan-European
advantaged areas and environments. real estate investment management business with 11 offices,
In 2009, Ric founded his own charity, The Black Heart 270 staff and €18billion in assets under management.
Foundation (www.blackheartfoundation.org), dedicated to He then founded and served for several years as Chief
supporting initiatives that improve educational benefits for Executive for Curzon Global Partners, a highly rated London-
young people and providing opportunity to those who are based real estate investment company, owned by AEW
otherwise denied it. Europe.

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