Rice Park Capital Management LP is a Minneapolis-based private investment firm founded by CEO and co-CIO Nick Smith in 2019. Rice Park’s investment focus is to deliver cycle-resistant returns to its limited partners by unlocking value in complex opportunities in the residential and commercial mortgage and real estate sectors. read more

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TOTAL RATINGS: 405

CEO: Nicholas Smith

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Nicholas Smith Rice Park Capital CEO Rating

Rice Park Capital's CEO, Nicholas Smith, has 28 employee ratings and a score of 97/100, placing them in the Top 5% of similar size companies on Comparably with 11-50 Employees and Top 5% of other companies in Minneapolis. When breaking the CEO score down by factors such as department, gender, and ethnicity, we see that females at Rice Park Capital rate Nicholas Smith higher than males, giving the CEO a score of 98/100.

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Rice Park Capital CEO Nicholas Smith Bio

Nick Smith is the founder, managing partner and Chief Executive Officer of Rice Park Capital, overseeing all aspects of Rice Park’s strategies and operations.

Nick brings nearly 25 years of experience to his role. Before founding Rice Park Capital, Nick served as Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone’s private residential mortgage REIT and was the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Finance of America Companies (NYSE: FOA), a Blackstone portfolio company.

Prior to Blackstone, Nick served as Managing Director, Two Harbors Investment Corp (NYSE: TWO), where he built and led the investment platform for mortgage servicing rights (MSR) and residential whole loans. From 2004 to 2012, Nick served in a variety of areas for Green Tree Investment Management (“GTIM”). As Chief Investment Officer, he was responsible for the residential mortgage investment platform of Green Tree Holdings, GTIM’s parent company, and its affiliate, Green Tree Servicing. He also served as the Senior Portfolio Manager for the SerVertis Master Fund I LP, a $1.45 billion re-performing mortgage loan investment fund co-managed by GTIM. Nick worked at GMAC ResCap (formerly GMAC-RFC) from 1998 to 2004. He served in a variety of roles on the mortgage trading desk and in corporate development, where he led the valuation of equity investments in U.S., Asian and European consumer finance companies.

Nick studied economics as an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota and was a Master of Science, Quantitative Finance candidate at the University of London. Nick is currently a member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society of Minnesota.

Nick has served on several boards for private companies and charitable organizations throughout his career. He currently sits on the boards of Sitekick, AI Software, LLC (dba Capacity), Realized Holdings, Inc., and Brass Ring Capital.

Who Ranks Rice Park Capital's CEO Rating the Highest?

Department - Operations 100/100

Experience - Over 10 Years 99/100

Gender - Female 98/100

Who Ranks Rice Park Capital's CEO Rating the Lowest?

Ethnicity - Caucasian 97/100

Gender - Male 97/100

Rice Park Capital CEO Nicholas Smith At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Rice Park Capital.

Rice Park Capital's CEO is highly regarded by the Operations department, employees with Over 10 Years experience, and Female employees. However, Caucasian employees and Male employees have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.