Rich has been involved in Real Estate development since 1990 having served as President of AIG Baker Real Estate for a large portion of that time. While in that capacity, Rich was responsible for Engineering, Architecture, due diligence, permitting, leasing, contracting and construction. Rich has been directly a part of over 22 million square feet of retail across the US. Rich left AIG Baker in 2010 to start his own residential development company along with United American Assurance, a group health company. Rich returned to real estate development with Blackwater in 2014, leading a real estate development arm focused primarily on grocery anchor development throughout the Southeastern US. Rich graduated from University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science Degree