Richard Fox | Investor & Builder
I build and invest in companies with an emphasis on scale, durability, and long-term value. Over the course of my career, I have founded, operated, and invested in businesses across healthcare, technology, consumer products, and digital platforms, working with companies at every stage of growth, from early formation through public markets.
Today, my work spans company building, private and public market investing, and supporting founders through the realities of growth, execution, and scale.
How It Started
Long before I started companies or invested capital, I was drawn to buying, selling, trading, and understanding how value moves. Throughout my childhood, I was always looking for ways to earn, negotiate, and build something from nothing.
I got my first job at ten, handing out flyers for a local real estate agent who had sold my mother our home. By fourteen, I opened my first business, a comic book store, which grew to three locations within a few years. That experience taught me lessons about customers, margins, inventory, and risk that no classroom ever could.
Those early years set the foundation by forcing me to learn quickly, adapt constantly, and take responsibility early.
Learning Through Failure and Scale
Over time, I launched dozens of companies. Many failed. Every one of those failures taught me something specific and necessary. Without those lessons, I would not have been able to reach the levels of success I have reached since.
At the same time, several businesses I helped build are still operating today, and others scaled far beyond even my most optimistic expectations. I learned early that durability matters more than momentum, and that real success compounds quietly over time.
Building at Scale
One of the most meaningful companies I co-founded is Techsquare, we created a communications technology platform built from the ground up. What began with zero users has since grown to serve more than 95 million members, facilitating over 20 billion connections across dozens of websites and applications worldwide.
That experience shaped how I think about infrastructure, scale, and building systems that can support massive usage while remaining reliable and adaptable.
From Building to Investing
Multiple successful exits created the foundation for expanding into investing across early-stage, late-stage, and public companies. That transition was not a departure from building, but an extension of it.
Over time, I invested in dozens of companies, several of which have delivered returns exceeding 100x since entry. Those outcomes reinforced a consistent approach centered on fundamentals, defensibility, sound judgment, and execution rather than short-term trends.
Perspective
I experienced adversity early. My parents divorced, I was bullied in school for being different, and uncertainty was a constant growing up. With no silver spoon, self-reliance became a necessity, not a choice. Those experiences did not hold me back. They strengthened me and shaped how I approach risk, responsibility, and opportunity.
I am wired differently and tend to see patterns, risk, and opportunity from unconventional angles. That perspective has influenced how I build, invest, and take calculated risks when the upside justifies it.
Focus and Approach
My work today centers on building and investing with clarity, judgment, and execution. I am drawn to businesses that solve real problems, are led by strong teams, and are built to last.
I place a high value on learning, health, and performance as foundations for sustained intensity and good decision-making. These principles influence how I work, how I invest, and how I engage with challenges over the long term.
“I never stop learning, evolving and innovating.” -Richard Fox