Richard Wilson Bennet

Rick Bennet is an Executive Partner focused on the Business Services vertical for Mill Point Capital.
Mr. Bennet currently serves as the Executive Chairman of Franklin Madison and International Designs Group.
Mr. Bennet is also the Chief Executive Officer of CCA Global Partners, Inc. (“CCA”), a cooperative of independent retailers with over 3,000 members.
Mr. Bennet has direct marketing and merchandising industry experience that spans four decades.
Prior to joining CCA, Mr. Bennet was with the May Department Stores Company (“May”) for over 27 years.
He ultimately became Vice Chairman of May, which operated 450 stores with revenues of $14 billion.
He also served as a private equity Industrial Partner with Ripplewood Holdings, where he served as Chief Executive Officer of Direct Holdings Worldwide, an international direct marketing business.
He currently serves on the board of Ace Hardware Corporation, a cooperative of over 5,000 independent retailers, and has previously served as a member of the Board of Directors at Charming Shoppes and Drugstore.com.
Mr. Bennet earned a B.S.
from University of Central Missouri and an M.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis.