Rick Rickertsen

In 2019 and 2020, Star Thrower developed and produced King Richard, with Will Smith starring as Venus and Serena Williams’ father, Richard Williams.

Ingrid Goes West won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017, as well as the Best First Feature award at the Independent Spirit Awards in 2018.

Rickertsen founded Pine Creek Partners in 2005 with a $54 million private equity fund targeting small, non-technology management buyouts with investors including banks, finance companies, and over 15 CEOs.

In 1994, he became the Chief Operating Officer and Partner of Thayer Capital Partners, a Washington, DC-based late-stage private equity firm. He founded three institutional funds totaling $1.5 billion and led investments in ten portfolio companies generating IRRs of approximately 25%. Investors included corporate pension funds, states, governments, and banks.

Carl John Rickertsen (born April 1, 1960), known as Rick Rickertsen, is an American film producer, author, and private equity investor. He is a Partner of Star Thrower Entertainment and Managing Partner of private equity firm Pine Creek Partners. He was formerly Partner and Chief Operating Officer Thayer Capital Partners, a Washington, DC-based private equity firm with over $1.5 billion of capital under management. He has published two business books and written six motion picture screenplays.