Russ Peppet was born and raised in Chicago and graduated from Michigan State with a BS in Mathematics and from Northwestern with an MBA. In 1962 he joined KPMG (Peat Marwick) in Management Consulting practice.
Russ and family moved to Paris in 1972 where he headed up the Continental Europe Consulting practice and in 1978 moved to Darien and ran the New York office. After a move to California, he retired from KPMG in 1990.
After retiring, Russ has been a partner in three private equity firms and is still with Park Avenue Partners. Russ is a member of the Country Club of Darien, Bonita Bay Club, Noroton Presbyterian Church and is deeply involved in microenterprise lending through Fairfield County Microenterprise Investors Council. He travels to Senegal several times each year for this program.
Russ and his wife, Sandy, have 5 children and 12 grandchildren and spend much of the year visiting their offspring and residing during winter months in Bonita Springs. Russ is involved with golf, singing in choir, microlending and his love for France.
