Investment Team
InvestmentTeam
Suhail Rizvi
Founder / CIO
Mr. Rizvi is co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Rizvi Traverse Management. He has over 30 years of private equity investing, operations and management experience.
John A. Giampetroni
Founder / COO
Mr. Giampetroni is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Rizvi Traverse. Mr. Giampetroni has over 30 years of investing experience.
Charlie Ughetta
Principal
Mr. Ughetta is a Principal at Rizvi Traverse. He rowed and graduated cum laude from Princeton.
Erick Meza
Principal
Prior to Rizvi Traverse, Mr. Meza held investing and advisory roles at Namakor Holdings, KKR, and Morgan Stanley. He graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Applied Mathematics.
OperationsTeam
Todd Knowles
CFO
Mr. Knowles is the Chief Financial Officer with over 30 years of experience. He is responsible for the financial reporting, accounting, tax compliance and investor reporting functions of the firm.
Audrey DiMarzo
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
Ms. DiMarzo is General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Rizvi Traverse and has almost 30 years of legal experience in private equity, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions and securities law compliance. Ms. DiMarzo received a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Karen Blanchard
Vice President Operations
Ms. Blanchard is the Vice President of Operations. Ms. Blanchard is responsible for managing human resources and other administrative functions of the firm.
James Caballes
Chief of Staff
Mr. Caballes joined Rizvi Traverse Management in March 2007 and has an extensive career in marketing and advertising, sales and operations, information technology, and improving corporate efficiencies.