Growth-focused investment firm Summit Partners announced the addition of Ricardo Gonzalez as a Partner on the firm’s Growth Products & Services team. Gonzalez brings over 15 years of investing and operating experience to the role and will draw on this experience to help support the growth of profitable, category-leading businesses and talented executives in the financial services, consumer, business services, and industrial technology sectors.
Gonzalez joined Summit from New Mountain Capital, where he served as a managing director. And he joined New Mountain in 2018, and during his tenure, Gonzalez led investing and operating activities across high-growth services sectors. Previously, Gonzalez served as a Director at Hellman & Friedman, consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, and in sales and marketing roles at Eli Lilly & Company.
Gonzalez holds a BS in physics, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the City College of New York, an MS in biological engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a PD Soros fellow, and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. And Gonzalez is one of 16 new additions to the Summit Partners investment team in 2024.
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“We are thrilled to welcome Ricardo to the Summit Partners team. Ricardo brings a wealth of industry expertise and leadership experience to this role, making him an ideal addition to our team. I’m confident his insights, perspective, and network will meaningfully benefit both our current and future portfolio companies.”
– Matthew Hamilton, a Managing Director on Summit’s Growth Products & Services team
“I am excited to join Summit and work alongside such a talented team. The firm has an impressive history of partnering with innovative businesses across growth sectors – from business services to consumer to multi-unit operations. I look forward to identifying new opportunities within these sectors and helping those companies achieve lasting impact.”
– Ricardo Gonzalez
