Richard “Mick” McGuire founded Marcato Capital Management in 2010 and led the firm as Portfolio Manager throughout its history. Under his leadership, Marcato ran public and private engagements with more than twenty companies, with McGuire or other Marcato partners personally joining the board of directors of Buffalo Wild Wings, Terex Corporation, and NCR Corporation as part of the firm’s engagement.

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McGuire was a frequent voice in financial media and a sought-after conference speaker, appearing regularly on CNBC’s Fast Money Halftime Report and Delivering Alpha, and a regular speaker at the Sohn Conference San Francisco, Active-Passive Investor Summit, Value Investing Congress, and similar investment conferences. Institutional Investor named McGuire a “Hedge Fund Rising Star,” and later awarded Marcato the “Emerging Manager of the Year” and multiple subsequent nominations for "Activist Hedge Fund of the Year." Absolute Return Alpha named Marcato the U.S. Equity Fund of the Year in 2013.