Zach Ruchman
DIRECTOR, PRIVATE INVESTMENTS
In his role as Director of Private Investments, Zach leads the research and due diligence of new private market investment opportunities for the firm and is a member of the Private Debt & Equity Committee. Zach has a strong track record of working with a range of endowments, pensions, and family offices to build innovative private equity and venture capital portfolios.
Before joining WMS, Zach was a Senior Vice President at RockCreek and a Vice President at BlackRock, where he led direct co-investment transactions as well as manager research for both primary and secondary commitments in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. He began his career as a consultant with Alvarez & Marsal.
Zach earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, where he was a Jefferson Fellow. Zach lived in Amman, Jordan, for a year where he was a Fulbright Fellow at Jordan Applied University.