Zach Ruchman

DIRECTOR, PRIVATE INVESTMENTS

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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.