Secondary Investments

Guy R. Rico, a Partner at Paul Capital since 2001, brings more than twenty years of private equity experience to his position in the firm’s Paris office, where he is responsible for European secondary investments. Mr. Rico is the former managing director of Financière Tuileries, a private equity management company based in Paris, which he founded in 1996 and merged with Paul Capital in 2003. Prior to this merger, Financière Tuileries sourced, invested and managed over $100 million in 11 private equity acquisitions. Mr. Rico began his career as an officer in the French Navy. From 1990–1995, he was the Chairman of the French Analysts' Society and sat on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Paris Stock Exchange. Mr. Rico, a Chartered Financial Analyst, holds an M.A. from the University of Economics in France and an engineering degree from Ecole Centrale.