Richard E. Salomon

Richard E. Salomon
EducationColumbia Business School (MBA, 1967)
OccupationInvestment banker
Years active1967–2017
OrganizationCouncil on Foreign Relations (2003–2017)

Richard E. "Rick"[1] Salomon is an American investment banker and philanthropist. He served as a member of the board of directors of the Council on Foreign Relations from 2003 to 2013 and again from 2014 to 2017.[2]

Education

Salomon graduated with a BA from Yale University in 1964 and an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 1967.[3][4]

Career

From 1982 to 2000, Salomonwas a managing director to the investment firm Spears, Benzak, Salomon & Farrell.[5][3] He was then the director of Mecox Ventures, another investment firm.[5][3][4] In 1984, he was elected to the Common Cause National Governing Board.

He is a managing partner of East End Advisors, LLC, chairman of the advisory board of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management Group, and a director of Boston Properties.[5][3][4] He has advised the Rockefeller family.[5][3][4]

He is a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art,[6] the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and The New York Public Library.[5][3][4][7] He is the vice-chairman of the board of trustees of Rockefeller University and a board member of the Peterson Institute for International Economics.[5][8]

Personal life

He has written a memoir, privately published in 2020.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Class News: Rick Salomon '64 writes a memoir, It's All Coming Back to Me Now". www.yale64.org. Retrieved 2026-04-09.
  2. ↑ "Historical Roster of Directors and Officers". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Boston Properties: Corporate Governance: Board of Directors: Richard E. Salomon". www.bostonproperties.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2026-04-09.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Richard E. Salomon Profile - Forbes.com". people.forbes.com. Archived from the original on 2009-09-10. Retrieved 2026-04-09.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Richard E. Salomon". cfr.org. Archived from the original on 2013-02-14. Retrieved 2026-04-09.
  6. ↑ "Richard E. Salomon Bio". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2026-04-09.
  7. ↑ "Officers and trustees | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
  8. ↑ "Board of Directors". PIIE. March 9, 2016.