Newport Global Summit Advisory Board
R. Todd Ruppert
Founder & CEO, Ruppert International
R. Todd Ruppert is the founder and CEO of Ruppert International, a firm with diversified interests globally in various fields, including education, financial services, disruptive technologies, publishing, arts & entertainment, and strategy consulting. He is chairman of RSR Partners,
The World Trade Center Institute, and London’s Royal Parks Foundation (U.SA). He is a global ambassador for the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award and a board member of Afriex, Antler, Culture3, Hitlab, Infinity Creative Media, Pirkx, Rocket Dollar, Shetland Space Centre, Storelli Sports, The Talent Bank, The International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was a board member of INSEAD Business School from 2012-2021 and is currently a member of its Advisory Council.
Todd is an advisor to the fintech advisory firm SenaHill and to several VC/PE firms, including Access Holdings, Antler, Balerion Space Ventures, BroadLight Capital, Catalio Capital Management, CXO Fund, Fin Capital, Global Ventures, Launch Africa Ventures, Motive Partners, Pact V.C, Republic Capital, Samos Ventures, Sure Ventures, and Unicorn Growth.
Todd has over 40 years of experience in the financial services industry. He retired from T. Rowe Price, the global asset management firm with over $1.3 trillion under management, where he was CEO and president of T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services, co-president, of T. Rowe Price International, and a member of the operating steering committee of the T. Rowe Price Group. He also retired from Greenspring Associates, a $17 billion venture capital firm, where he was a venture partner.
His numerous advisory board roles are for the following organizations located around the globe:
Education: ActivEd, Duke University, INSEAD Business School, MarcoPolo Learning, MPOWER Financing
Financial Services/Disruptive Technologies: Baia, Behaviour Lab, Bite Investments, Boxmedia, Credrails, Fiduciary Investors Symposium, GIST, Impact, IMMO, ManageMy, Minimum, Molten, Moneyhub, Money360, Octopus Investments, Opto Invest, PivotalPath, Q Ventures, Republic, Salary Finance, Seedrs, Trinity Street Asset Management, Trove Publishing: Funds Europe, Funds Global, Investments & Pensions Europe
Arts and Entertainment: Bottletop, Flawlessai, HiDef, MTArt Agency Strategy Consulting: Gold Mercury International, Laurel Strategies
Other: IperionX, PowerX
Todd is the executive producer of three documentary films – A Year in Burgundy, A Year in Champagne & A Year in Port.
