Adrian de Valois-Franklin

CEO Castle Ridge

Adrian de Valois-Franklin is co-founder and CEO at Castle Ridge; an Artificial Intelligence powered Hedge Fund. He is also currently a member of the Board of Directors at Excelion Technology. 

Prior to co-founding Castle Ridge, Adrian was a Private Equity professional at CPP Investment Board (CPPIB) and at Accel-KKR; a joint venture between private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &Co. and venture capital firm Accel Partners. Previously, he was an Investment Banker with Goldman Sachs in New York and San Francisco. 

Adrian also volunteers as an Advisor for NextAI; a global innovation hub for artificial intelligence related venture creation and technology commercialization.

Adrian gained his HBA with Distinction from Ivey Business School at Western University and his IB from Upper Canada College.