Established in 1997, Richard L. Scott Investments, LLC (“RLSI”) is a private investment firm with offices in New York, New York and Naples, Florida.  RLSI makes direct investments in both publicly-traded and private equity securities.  Rick Scott, the Chief Executive Officer of RLSI, was the founder of Columbia Hospital Corporation, a health care services company.   

After leaving Columbia/HCA in 1997, Rick focused his efforts on building an investment firm that seeks to develop close and lasting partnerships with entrepreneurial management teams who respect the fundamental values of integrity, competence and hard work.

Since its founding, RLSI has invested in a number of industries including the following:

• Manufacturing
• Financial services
• Cable network
• Recreation/leisure
• Mobile homes and recreational vehicles
• Network security
• Catalog retail
• Medical equipment
• Pharmacy retail
• Healthcare services

RLSI makes leveraged buyout, recapitalization/restructuring and growth capital investments in companies with superior management, predictable cash flow, strong market share and growth potential.

The firm is comprised of investment professionals with a broad range of finance experience at such institutions as The Blackstone Group, Prudential Investments, Arthur Andersen and Merrill Lynch.