Rich Bonahoom

About Rich

Rich Bonahoom is a member of the Rule Hoffman team in William Blair’s Private Wealth Management Group. In his role, Rich is responsible for creating and building new relationships as the Rule Hoffman team continues to grow and expand.

He joined William Blair after retiring as a partner at Ernst & Young (EY), where he was a central region executive leadership team member and served as a global client service partner in the Chicago office. His experience includes region leader of the One EY business transformation program, which included managing integration of EY’s central and southeast regions. Rich also led the 85-person EY central region business development team and was responsible for execution of the revenue, growth, and go-to-market strategy in the $5 billion-plus region. He was co-leader of the EY Americas business development diversity and inclusion recruiting program, and he also managed the central region audit committee chair network. Earlier in his career, he served as chief operating officer for a firm specializing in high-net-worth investment and risk management services to executives and business owners.

Rich is a graduate of St. Norbert College with a B.B.A. in accounting and earned the CPA designation. He and his wife have three children and reside in Chicago.