There is little to no doubt that Todd Richter has managed to develop a strong reputation as a financial analyst, especially when it comes to industries related to healthcare. He currently works as a highly-valued analyst with Bank of America, and he has been there for more than two decades, since 1999. That's certainly not the full extent of his career, however, as he spent the previous 18 years doing roughly the same sort of work with Morgan Stanley. There, he served as the director of that company's research into healthcare equity services, including those that covered every conceivable subsection of the healthcare industry. Todd Richter is clearly highly regarded as a financial specialist, probably because he has received many high honors from entities who value the best.

Todd Richter also has been honored as an "All-American Analyst" 17 times and as an "All-Star Analyst numerous times, which is handed out by the Wall Street Journal. Therefore, it should surprise no one that Todd Richter has developed a great reputation to live up to over the course of his long career. In addition to his clearly prolific business acumen, which is primarily focused mainly on the healthcare industry, Todd Richter is also well-known and highly regarded for his sense of philanthropy. One of the best examples of his sense of charity comes with his founding and stewardship of the Bideawee Todd Richter Foster Program, through which he encourages the fostering and adoption of rescue animals.

Todd Richter maintains close ties to his undergrad alma mater, as a Class of '79 graduate of the College of William and Mary, as well as his graduate alma mater, the Kelley School of Economics at Indiana University, which he gives credit for jump-starting his business career. For instance, the Todd Richter Fundhas established endowments to help support the Kelley School's provision of financial education to people who could very well maintain and even expand their business career.

Although it has been decades since Todd Richter attended his undergraduate and graduate schools of study, leadership at both higher learning institutions have nothing but positive praise for the financial businessman.

Richter is a 1979 graduate of the College of William & Mary in Virginia, where he played on the golf team. He’s also a 1981 graduate of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University from which he earned his MBA in finance. Individuals from both of these prestigious schools shared commentary about Richter’s impact on past, current and future students as well as his generosity providing each college with a $5 million estate commitment.

Said Dean Daniel C. Smith from the Kelley School, “Todd Richter, through his extraordinary generosity and passionate support, actively lives out all the values that the Kelley School holds dear.” And the school’s executive director of development, Rick Dupree, agreed, calling Richter a “dedicated alumnus,” “Todd is one of the Kelley School’s most strategic and thoughtful donors.”

William & Mary Director of Athletics Terry Driscoll echoed these sentiments, “This gift is an extraordinary commitment from a former student-athlete who fully appreciates the life-influencing experience that participation in intercollegiate athletics at the College of William & Mary can provide for our student-athletes.”

Colleges across the nation beckon prospective athletes to attend their schools, and often, it’s the college who gains a lot through its sports programs. But student-athletes can also gain just as much if not more. Todd Richter is proof of that. As a student at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, his presence on the golf team went way beyond long drives and excellent putts. It taught him lessons on the golf course that he’d apply to his life and his 40-year career in finance.

Richter is a 1979 graduate of William & Mary. During his years at the school, he was part of the golf team under the tutelage of legendary coach Joe Agee, an emeritus professor of kinesiology as well as a former Marine colonel. And while Agee taught Richter the necessities for a good golf game, he also imparted much more. Said Richter recently, “I attribute a lot of my business career success to the discipline I developed as a student and as a golfer at William & Mary. Joe had -- and still has -- an enormous influence on my life, as does golf in general.”

Todd Richter said that he learned discipline from Agee, which is necessary in any successful career. He also realized the importance of a competitive edge -- a tool that is essential in business. Added Richter, who recently provided a $5 million estate commitment to the school’s golf program for men and women, “All students go to the College to get a world-class education; we’re all there because it’s a world-class academic institution. Those who are fortunate enough to participate in an athletic program learn very quickly that it is a very special place to be a student-athlete.”