Richard Chaifetz

Richard A. Chaifetz (born August 1953) is an American billionaire businessman, investor, licensed neuropsychologist, and philanthropist with an approximate net worth ranging between $1.4 billion and $2.8 billion, as of 2024.

He is the Founder and Chairman of Chicago-based ComPsych Corporation, the world's largest provider of employee assistance programs. He is also the founder of the Chaifetz Group, a private investment firm focusing on venture and private equity, real estate, and sports investments and is a Partner of the San Francisco Giants.

He appears regularly in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Time. He has been listed in the Crain’s Chicago Business annual Who's Who list annually since 2004. He is the naming donor of Saint Louis University's Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business, Chaifetz Arena, and Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship.

Chaifetz is a principal-driven entrepreneur, and in 2024 penned an Entrepreneur Op-Ed detailing the 7 Guiding Principles I Used to Build My Billion-Dollar Business.

Chaifetz is a Saint Louis University Alumnus of the Year, and was inducted into the university’s Entrepreneurial Alumni Hall of Fame in 2007. Chaifetz Arena, located on the campus of Saint Louis University, was named after him following his $12 million donation to the university. In February 2018, Chaifetz donated another $15 million to Saint Louis University, bringing his total contribution to $27 million. The university has named the business school after him, the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business, as well as the entrepreneurship center as the Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship, in recognition of his gift. His donations to Miami University funded the creation of the Chaifetz Trading Center at the school’s Farmer School of Business.