What Long Ridge Partners does

Long Ridge Partners is a privately held executive search firm founded in 2004 and headquartered at 575 Madison Avenue in New York City, specializing exclusively in talent placement for the alternative investment management industry. The firm operates across seven practice areas: Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Real Estate, Credit, Technology, Professional Services, and Law Firms & In-House Counsel, serving a client base that spans boutique emerging managers through institutional mega-funds and AmLaw100 law firms. Its core operational asset is a proprietary candidate database refined over more than two decades, which the firm uses to source investment professionals, portfolio managers, analysts, traders, technology engineers, attorneys, and administrative support staff for both retained and contingency searches.

The firm generates revenue through placement fees on successful executive searches, with pricing negotiated individually on a quote-based B2B basis; no standardized fee schedule is publicly disclosed. Its go-to-market is consultative and sales-led, emphasizing direct relationship-building with senior decision-makers at alternative investment firms and law firms rather than mass marketing or digital channels. Long Ridge claims 5,000+ successful placements since founding and a 94% two-year retention rate among placed professionals, signaling repeat-client economics.

The company has grown from two co-founders (Michael Goodman and Adam L'Esperance) to six partners and more than 50 professionals, operating as an independent, founder-controlled firm with no disclosed external funding, parent company, or acquisition activity. Beyond its U.S. base, it executes placements globally including in London, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Recent strategic activity includes the build-out of dedicated Legal and Technology practices, multiple senior hires across practice areas (2024), and educational partnerships with Success Academy (2021) and ATLAS Fellows (2024) to develop future alternative investment talent pipelines.

Name

Long Ridge Partners

Legal name

Long Ridge Partners, Inc.

Website

https://longridgepartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Long Ridge Partners is a New York-based executive search firm founded in 2004 that specializes exclusively in placing investment, technology, legal, and administrative professionals at hedge funds, private equity firms, real estate managers, credit funds, and AmLaw100 law firms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Executive Search / Recruiting Services: Retained and contingency search fees for placing professionals across hedge funds, private equity, real estate, credit, technology, professional services, and legal sectors. Revenue generated through successful placements of investment professionals, support staff, and attorneys at alternative investment firms and law firms.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Long Ridge Partners is an executive search firm that sources, evaluates, and places talent across the alternative investment industry. The firm operates retained and contingency searches across seven practice areas—hedge funds, private equity, real estate, credit, technology, professional/administrative, and legal—serving boutique and institutional alternative asset managers, hedge funds, private equity firms, real estate investment managers, credit firms, and law firms. Services are supported by a proprietary candidate database built and refreshed over more than 20 years.

Product overview

Long Ridge Partners operates as a unified executive search and recruiting platform for the alternative investment industry, offering specialized services organized by practice area. The firm provides seven core recruiting service lines: Hedge Fund Recruitment, Private Equity Recruitment, Real Estate Investment Recruitment, Credit Investment Recruitment, Technology Recruitment, Professional and Administrative Services, and Law Firms and In-House Counsel Legal Recruitment. Each practice area is led by dedicated teams of recruiters with deep industry expertise, supported by a proprietary database developed over 20+ years. The services are unified by the firm's consultative approach, proprietary candidate pipeline, and commitment to placing professionals who align with client culture and long-term goals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hedge Fund Recruitment Services Executive search and talent acquisition services for hedge fund managers across all strategies, from emerging managers to mega-funds, covering portfolio management, investment research, trading, risk, quant/IT, business development, and investor relations roles.
• Private Equity Recruitment Services Executive search solutions for private equity firms across investment, investor relations, business development, value creation, and capital markets teams, covering all strategies including growth equity, infrastructure, leveraged buyout, mezzanine, real assets, secondaries, and venture capital.
• Real Estate Investment Recruitment Services Specialized recruitment for real estate investment firms covering acquisitions, asset management, investor relations, product development, and structured finance roles across boutique to institutional investment managers.
• Credit Investment Recruitment Services Talent solutions for credit investment firms placing investment, business development, investor relations, and strategy professionals across private credit, direct lending, asset-based finance, liquid credit, structured credit, infrastructure debt, and opportunistic/distressed strategies.
• Technology Recruitment Services Specialized technology recruiting for investment firms covering quant and core engineering, machine learning and research, DevOps and SRE, front-end and product engineering, and infrastructure roles across hedge funds, private equity, and alternative asset managers.
• Professional and Administrative Services Recruitment for administrative and professional support roles including administrative assistants, executive assistants, office managers, receptionists, chiefs of staff, directors of administration, and coordinator roles across investor relations, marketing, HR, and recruiting for private equity, venture capital, investment banking, and family offices.
• Law Firms and In-House Counsel Legal Recruitment Legal recruiting services matching attorneys with career opportunities, placing associates, counsel, and partners at law firms ranging from AmLaw100 to elite boutiques, as well as in-house counsel roles at asset managers, hedge funds, and private equity firms.

Quantifiable outcome

• 94% of placed professionals remain with clients for two years or more
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• ATLAS FellowsminorOthers · 1 January 2024Partnership with ATLAS Fellows, an organization dedicated to identifying and developing exceptional students from under-resourced communities interested in careers in finance. ATLAS connects high-potential college students with leading firms, providing scholarship assistance, mentorship, professional development, and internship opportunities.
• Success Academy Charter SchoolsminorOthers · 1 January 2021Partnership with Success Academy Charter Schools network (59 public charter schools serving 22,000+ students in New York City) to provide an annual scholarship to graduating scholars pursuing undergraduate degrees in Business, Finance, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or STEM fields. Recipients also have opportunity to intern at Long Ridge Partners during summer.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• JM Search: Executive search firm with a strong financial services and private equity practice that places senior leaders at investment management and alternative investment firms. Comparable in its PE/alt investment specialization and client base.
• Glocap Search: New York-based executive search firm focused on hedge funds, private equity, and alternative investments. Highly comparable in size, geography, and vertical specialization, with overlapping client base among boutique and institutional alts managers.
• Sheffield Haworth: Global financial services executive search firm specializing in investment management, alternative investments, and asset management leadership. Multiple Long Ridge team members previously worked at Sheffield Haworth, confirming direct overlap in client mandates and recruiter talent pools.
• Selby Jennings: Global specialist recruitment firm focused on financial services, technology, and quantitative trading talent. Multiple Long Ridge recruiters were previously at Selby Jennings, and the firms compete directly for the same junior-to-mid investment professional mandates.
• Meridian Partners: Boutique executive search firm focused on investment management and alternative investments. Direct competitor for placing investment professionals at hedge funds, private equity firms, and other alts managers, particularly in the New York market.

Broad incumbents

• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with a strong financial services practice. Direct competition for senior alternative investment placements, particularly at the partner and C-suite level across global alts managers.
• Russell Reynolds Associates: Global executive search firm with an established financial services practice. Competes on senior placements across hedge funds, private equity, asset management, and other financial institutions as part of a broader cross-industry portfolio.
• Spencer Stuart: Global executive search firm with a long-standing financial services and investment management practice. Direct competitor on senior partner and C-level searches at hedge funds, PE firms, and other alts managers, though it serves a much wider cross-industry client base.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with a deep financial services practice. Competes with Long Ridge on senior-level alternative investment mandates but operates across all industries and geographies as part of a much broader portfolio.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with a large executive search practice covering financial services. Competes on senior leadership mandates at alts firms and brings significantly broader advisory and RPO capabilities than a specialist recruiter.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/long-ridge-partners

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles54 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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