Role at RSR Partners
Todd became Non-Executive Chairman of RSR Partners in June 2022. He was a member of RSR Partners’ Advisory Board for many years.
Experience and Expertise
Todd 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 (USA). 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 currently is a member of its Advisory Council.
Todd is an advisor to fintech advisory firm SenaHill. He is also an advisor to a number of 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 VC, 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, 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.
Outside RSR Partners
Todd graduated from Kenyon College with a BA in Economics. He and his wife live in Owings Mills, Maryland.