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Ryan Cotton

Partner
Ryan Cotton
EXPERIENCE

Ryan Cotton joined Bain Capital in 2003. He is a Partner and Head of Real Estate. He has been a key strategic advisor to and a member of Investment Committee of the Real Estate team since its founding in 2018. Ryan also remains a leader of Private Equity’s global Consumer Vertical and has been responsible for many of the firm’s largest real estate transactions.

Prior to joining Bain Capital, Ryan was a consultant at Bain & Company. Previously, he worked in baseball operations at the Boston Red Sox.

EDUCATION

Ryan received an MBA from The Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was a Siebel Scholar, an Arjay Miller Scholar, and received the Alexander A. Robichek Award for Outstanding Achievement in Finance. He received an AB in philosophy from Princeton University.