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Richard E. Salomon

Richard E. SalomonManaging Partner
East End Advisors, LLC

Richard E. Salomon is a Managing Partner of East End Advisors, a New York-based investment advisory firm. He was previously President of Mecox Ventures, Inc., which he formed in 2000. From 1982 to 2000, Mr. Salomon served as President and Managing Director of Spears, Benzak, Salomon & Farrell. He served as Senior Advisor to David Rockefeller from 1974 to 2017. Mr. Salomon graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Yale University and received an M.B.A. from Columbia University.

Mr. Salomon is a Trustee of the Museum of Modern Art, the Peterson Institute of International Economics, and The Rockefeller University, and he is also a member of the Investment Committee of each of these institutions. Mr. Salomon serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Modern Art and The Rockefeller University.

Mr. Salomon was a Director of Boston Properties from 1998 to 2010 and of Cousins Properties from 1994 to 2001. He was a Trustee and Vice Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, and he continues to serve on its Investment Committee.

Mr. Salomon previously served as a Trustee and Investment Committee member of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a member of the Yale University Investment Committee, a Trustee of the New York Public Library and The New York Philharmonic, and a Director of the Choate School and Greenwich Country Day School. He is currently a Governor of the National Golf Links of America and a member of the McKinsey Investment Office Advisory Board. He previously chaired the Drawings and Photography Committees at the Museum of Modern Art.

Mr. Salomon’s first meeting as an associate of David Rockefeller occurred at The Rockefeller University in December 1969. He notes that “it has been a love affair ever since.” Mr. Salomon has had an opportunity to work closely with nine of the institution’s eleven presidents and has chaired the Investment, Finance, and Nominating & Governance Committees. He has served as a University Trustee since 1984.