Rick Hayes is a Managing Partner of Jasper Ridge Partners and co-leads the private equity/venture capital team. During his 30+ year career he has invested and managed over $40 billion of new global private equity, growth, and venture capital investments. He has created and managed numerous innovative and large strategic investment relationships spanning all private asset investment types. Prior to joining Jasper Ridge Partners in 2004, Rick was the Senior Investment Officer for the CalPERS Alternative Investment Management (AIM) Program and was a member of the five-person Senior Team managing the entire multi-hundred billion dollar portfolio for CalPERS, the largest pension fund in the U.S.