Rich Ricci

  • 18 Apr 2013 at 3:28 PM

If Anyone Needs Rich Ricci, You Can Find Him Down At The Track

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Rich Ricci, the boss of Barclays’ investment bank who collected $26 million in deferred bonuses last month, is leaving the scandal-hit bank as its new chief executive seeks to cut back executive pay and repair its image. The American-born Ricci, a star performer at Barclays known for his love of horse racing, was a key lieutenant of Bob Diamond, the former chief executive who left Britain’s third largest bank last year after a Libor interest rate rigging scandal…Speculation intensified that Ricci, 49, who is estimated to have earned at least 80 million pounds ($122 million) from his 19 years at Barclays, would go after CEO Antony Jenkins failed to publicly back him when he unveiled a new strategy in February. “It’s part of the ongoing cultural revolution at Barclays,” said Simon Maughan, analyst at Olivetree Securities. [Reuters, related]

  • 11 Mar 2013 at 3:15 PM

Brits Take Issue With Barclays Exec’s Horse’s Name, Give Him A Pass On His Own

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£100 million bank boss Rich Ricci has been accused of being ‘out of touch’ after entering race horse Fatcatinthehat into the Cheltenham Festival. The Barclays investment banker, who always wears his signature trilby while racing, cashed in £9.7 million of shares bonuses last year, earned £44 million of pay and perks in 2010 and is set to pocket up to £6 million in deferred shares bonuses this year. Labour have accused the 49-year-old of being ‘out of touch’ with the plight of ordinary, hardworking people after choosing such an insensitive name. Labour MP John Mann said: ‘It’s an insult to every taxpayer and small business in the country. And it shows just how out of touch these bankers are.’ [...] Ricci and his wife of 12 years Susannah, 49, have reared 30 horses with champion trainer Willie Mullins, winning £588,125 in prize money this season alone. They have entered a total of eleven horses to the meeting which starts tomorrow. He is famous for his trademark trilby and extroverted choice of tailoring when he appears at the races. Fat cat in the hat won his last race and is 12-1 third favourite to win Wednesday’s Fred Winter Juvenile Hurdle for a £75,000 prize. [DM]

  • 29 Nov 2012 at 11:41 AM

Barclays Has Fired All The Employees Involved In Libor Manipulation That Didn’t Slip Out A Side Door And Beat Them To The Punch

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Barclays has fired five employees following its internal investigation of the rigging of Libor interest rates and disciplined another eight people, the head of its investment bank said on Wednesday. Rich Ricci, chief executive of Barclays’ corporate and investment banking, said “a lot” of the individuals identified in its internal probe had left the bank so it could not take action against them. [Reuters]