Rick Clifton

Rick Clifton is a Managing Director at Thompson Street Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in St. Louis, Missouri. Before joining the middle-market investment firm, he built his professional background in financial management and strategic leadership through previous roles at MiTek Industries, Capital For Business, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. In his current capacity, he provides hands-on portfolio support and board-level guidance for an organization that has acquired more than 150 companies since 2000. Clifton currently holds active board of director seats at several of the firm's portfolio companies, including Allyant, Data Dimensions, Gurobi Optimization, and Silverchair. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Maryville University and a Master of Business Administration from Saint Louis University. His current focus centers on supporting pre-seed, seed, and middle-market investments across the business services, healthcare, software, and engineered products sectors.