Mr. Ritchey is 65 years old and recently retired as Chairman of K2 Advisors (an $11 billion hedge fund division within Franklin Templeton Investments). His 42 year career focused on the following investment areas:
a) Analyzing market and macroeconomic conditions,
b) Determining responsible asset allocation tilts,
c) Managing institutional and high net worth portfolios.
Mr. Ritchey began his investment career in 1982 as a proprietary trader for the NYSE Specialist Firm of Conklin, Cahill & Co. Since 1987, Mr. Ritchey has successfully managed multi-asset institutional and registered mutual fund hedged portfolios while located in New York, Paris, Connecticut, and Fort Lauderdale during his employment with organizations including K2 Advisors (a Franklin Templeton Investments company), Steinhardt Partners, Citibank, Finch Asset Management, Paribas, AIG, and ING/Barings.
He is married to Sarah Griffin Ritchey and has two wonderful daughters; Campbell and Lauren. He enjoys competitive sailing, investments, tennis, and completing/removing items from his ‘Honey-Do” list. His sponsor is Doug Bora.
