Co-Founder and Principal, NEXgistics, LLC
Richard Star is currently a principal and co-founder of NEXgistics, LLC, a seven year-old third party logistics provider located in Buffalo, NY and North Las Vegas, NV. Richard was involved in numerous businesses prior to NEXgistics. Richard worked for 14 years at Cliffstar Corporation/Cliffstar LLC, a vertically integrated private label beverage company sold to a publicly traded company in 2010. Richard is also involved with commercial real estate development projects in South Carolina, is a licensed real estate agent and is a founding member of Dunes Commercial Properties, LLC. He has made numerous strategic investments in private companies over the past six years and serves on the board of several closely held firms including: Vitamins Direct, LLC (Chairman), Star Snax, LLC and Portland Bottling Company.
Richard earned a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University majoring in history and political science and holds a master’s degree from New York University (MA) and an MBA from Duke University (Fuqua School of Business).