About
Leedon Park

Leedon Park is a private investment firm that leverages deep sector expertise, operational experience, and flexible capital to drive transformative outcomes for businesses in the business services, distribution, consumer services, industrials, healthcare, and consumer products sectors. We bring a unique combination of institutional investing discipline and hands-on operational leadership, applying strategic insight and adaptable capital to help businesses scale and evolve.

We focus on partnering and collaborating closely with management teams, founders, and families to preserve legacy, accelerate performance, and build enduring platforms. Our long-term perspective, strategic support, and disciplined execution drive outcomes that go beyond capital alone.

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Richard Skill

Founder & Principal

Richard is the Founder and Principal of Leedon Park. Over the course of his career, he has held board positions, served as CEO, and led executive teams across a diverse range of industries. With more than $10 billion in completed transactions, he brings extensive industry knowledge and operational expertise across diverse business models and sectors.

Before founding Leedon Park, Richard was an investment professional at Nuveen (formerly TIAA-CREF). Earlier in his career, he held strategic roles at Lenovo, working directly with the firm’s former COO (now CEO of Office Depot) on global initiatives.

Born in Charlotte and raised in Singapore, Richard brings a global perspective shaped by years of living and working across cultures. He holds a degree in Economics and Chinese from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Outside of work, he is an avid rock climber, swimmer, cyclist, runner, and long-time volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, having participated in builds on four continents.

Representative Transactions:

$1.2B

dietary supplement brand

$800M & $650M

specialty healthcare providers

$650M

fashion basics apparel brand

$600M

third-party logistics platform

$600M

security solutions provider

$400M

food & beverage packaging company

$350M

locum tenens staffing firm

$350M

logistics software and SaaS platform

$350M

background check and onboarding services firm

$350M

hospital administration software company

$300M

quick-service restaurant platform

$250M

IT outsourcing business

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