Biography

Ryan Burke has served as Chief Investment Officer for Rainy Partners since 2008, where he evaluates new investment opportunities and manages a portfolio of private investments, publicly traded securities, and operating businesses. Mr. Burke is also currently Chief Investment Officer of BFO, LLC; a Partner at Prime Macaya Capital Management, LP, a New York based hedge fund; and a Director at Copperstate Farms, a vertically integrated Arizona cannabis company. From 2020 through 2023, Mr. Burke served as Chief Financial Officer of Senior Connect Acquisition Corp. I, a Nasdaq listed SPAC.

Prior to its sale to Galaxy Digital Holdings in 2020, he was a partner and director at Blue Fire Capital, a proprietary trading firm and global liquidity provider specializing in cryptocurrencies. Mr. Burke has previously served as Chief Financial Officer for various Rainy portfolio companies. Earlier in his career, he was a Portfolio Manager and Chief Risk Officer at Alpine Capital, a New York based long short hedge fund, and began his career as a financial analyst at Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, a $1.9 billion private equity fund.

Mr. Burke holds an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a BA from Duke University.