Richard Gorelick
Principal at Plural Investor
Richard Gorelick
Principal at Plural Investor
Austin, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Manager
2020 - Current
Building a legal tech business in stealth mode. Research and develop business opportunities and provide business advisory services.
President
2007
Manage family investments, including venture capital in private early-stage businesses.
Director
2015
Serve on the board of directors of this provider of award-winning software solutions that enable intelligent decision-making for compliance, trade surveillance and risk management.
Director
2020
Serve on the board of directors of this Bitcoin-native financial services provider.
Principal
2020
Co-founder and principal of this venture community of regulatory experts, operators and investors providing intellectual and investment capital for the future of finance.
Head of Market Structure
2017 - 2020
I joined DRW in September 2017 when it acquired the RGM Advisors business and after a brief time working on business integration took responsibility for market structure, public policy and government relations for the firm.
Chief Executive Officer
2001 - 2019
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer for proprietary trading firm that applied scientific methods and computing power to trading in multiple asset classes around the world. Based in Austin, Texas, RGM's business was acquired by DRW in September 2017.
Board Member
2010 - 2014
Served on the Exchange Board for both of Direct Edge's securities exchanges from the time of their approval as exchanges by the SEC to the acquisition of Direct Edge by BATS.
Chief Strategy Officer
2000 - 2001
Responsible for all commercial operations, including sales, marketing, business development, finance, legal, human resources and administration for this well-known venture-backed Internet company. Primarily responsible for negotiation of sale of comparison-shopping business to eBay and sale of Usenet discussion business to Google.
General Counsel
1999 - 2000
Advised from a legal and a business perspective on all corporate, securities, marketing, intellectual property, litigation and employee matters
Associate, Corporate and Intellectual Property
1996 - 1999
Structured and negotiated domestic and international transactions, including acquisitions, private and public equity offerings, joint ventures and licenses.