Bio

Mr. Richards is also a co-founder and a managing director at HarvestWest Investments, a fund put together to invest in farmland in the Pacific Northwest. HarvestWest was fully invested as of February 2016 and is now managing over 13,000 acres of farmland in WA, OR and ID that is leased out to local farmers. He was responsible for fund raising for this venture, general management, sourcing and evaluating land, performing financial analysis, and structuring transactions to acquire farmland properties along with the ongoing leases. Prior to HarvestWest, Mr. Richards was the CEO and owner of Rung Industries, a manufacturer of equipment used in sand and gravel pits and quarries throughout WA, ID, OR, AK, MT and western Canada. He acquired Rung in a leveraged buyout in 2001. Mr. Richards sold Rung Industries in December 2010 to a strategic buyer. He previously held positions in business development in the technology industry, as an analyst in Lehman Brothers’ investment banking group and as a CPA at Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Richards has a BA in Business Administration, with Accounting and Finance Concentrations from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington. Greg and his wife Alison live in Bellevue, WA with their 3 children.