Long Island Business Leaders Forum
Thursday, June 12, 2025
6:00 PM
placeThe Mansion at Oyster Bay, 1 South Woods Road, Woodbury, NY, 11797

Join UJA Long Island Business Leaders for an exclusive briefing with Richard Lichtenstein, expert partner and chief data officer for private equity at Bain & Company. Richard will be in conversation with Erik Gershwind, chief executive officer at MSC Industrial Direct, and together they’ll discuss the real-world business impact of generative AI as well as their thoughts on the importance of philanthropy.
  
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Guest Speaker

Richard Lichtenstein

Expert Partner & Chief Data Officer, Private Equity – Bain & Company

Richard Lichtenstein is an expert partner at Bain & Company’s New York office and serves as the firm’s chief data officer for private equity. He has over 20 years of consulting experience.

Richard co-leads Bain’s work on generative AI for investors and has worked on more than 100 generative AI projects, including portfolio scans, strategic and implementation work with portfolio companies, diligences, sector screens, and internal fund operations. His team of more than 120 experts is dedicated to identifying innovative data sources and developing tools that enhance investor clients' decision-making processes. 
 
Richard’s team has developed...

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Michele Lee Fine
Bradley Gruber

Michele Lee Fine
Bradley Gruber

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