Financial Services >> Analyst Interviews >> September 23, 2003
BRIAN RICH co-founded Catalyst in 2000. Prior to that, he founded and
headed TD Capital, the entity that made TD's US-based investments in
communications-related industries, from 1995 to 1999. As group head he
oversaw more than 30 investments totaling more than $600 million in
equity, mezzanine and limited partnership investments. Before founding
TD Capital, he was a Managing Director in the bank's Media, Telecom &
Technology Group. Prior to joining TD in 1990, Mr. Rich held positions
at The Bank of New York and Intel Corporation. Mr. Rich earned a BS in
Industrial Engineering from University of Buffalo and an MBA from
Columbia University. Profile
TWST: Would you start us off with a brief overview of CatalystInvestors?
Mr. Rich: Catalyst Investors is a private equity fund. We were founded
in 2000. The principals here came, for the most