Richard A. Lear
“Rich is a search leader with a unique combination of the highly intuitive and analytical. He’s credible, compelling and hard-charging about search execution and driving results for our clients.”
– a perspective from Audrey,
a Vantage colleague
MEET THE TEAM / RICHARD A. LEAR
Richard Lear
Chairman and Managing Director
Rich has completed more than 300 executive searches across the executive team of early stage companies. Presently, he is focused on digital media, interactive media, eCommerce, SaaS, Open Source and consumer technology.
Previously, Rich led major relationships with market-leading companies such as Microsoft, Warner Bros, RealNetworks, AOL, Zone Labs and Verisign. In 1999-2000, Rich was founder and CEO of RichMedia Networks, which developed media-based, customer lifecycle management (CLM) solutions.
He was the founding partner at Lear, Herrerias & Lee and Senior Associate at the Stratford Group.
Rich graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University, where he received his bachelor’s with honors in Economics.