Richard Kotite
Richard joined in 2022 and focuses on fintech and enterprise software businesses. Prior to Accel, he led go-to-market partnerships at Plaid in Europe, and earlier in his career, he worked at Google and Bain & Company. He grew up in Cupertino, California, and graduated from UC Berkeley and INSEAD.
Get to know Richard
What’s your favourite invention or innovation?
Without a question, the printing press. It has radically transformed society by making knowledge accessible to the masses and fuelling scientific, cultural, and political revolutions. It democratized information (the original Google), accelerating human progress in ways no other invention has matched.
What’s your all-time favourite movie, TV show, or book?
Dumas's masterpiece – The Count of Monte Cristo. When does justice become vengeance?
If you could have any superpower?
Teleportation. No more flights, driving, or tube!