June 22, 2018

CINCINNATI, OH – Hauser Private Equity, a leading hybrid private equity fund manager, announced this week that Ryan Rusch has joined the firm as Senior Associate. Ryan will be responsible for executing and managing direct co-investments on behalf of the funds and will be involved in all aspects of portfolio monitoring. He will also be part of the team performing due diligence on new private equity funds and sourcing new transactions from existing private equity partners.

Mark Hauser, Managing Partner of Hauser Private Equity, commented, “our co-investment appetite and deal flow continue to grow with the growth of our funds, and Ryan’s expertise will create tremendous value in diligence for our investors.”

Prior to joining Hauser Private Equity, Ryan worked at May River Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on small, high caliber, industrial growth businesses. Prior to joining May River, Ryan was an Investment Banking Associate at Robert Baird & Co. and spent over 5.5 years at Baird’s offices in Milwaukee, Shanghai and Chicago.

Ryan received his BSBA in Finance, International Business and Chinese from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. He studied with Princeton University in Beijing, China, and received his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Ryan resides in Chicago, IL.