Merrick Rosenberg

Richard Ellis is a strategist and writer based near Park City, UT. Since launching Pen & Path in 2013, he has served as a trusted advisor to more than 350 investors, entrepreneurs, and executives. They turn to Rich when credibility and capital are on the line. From Forbes columns and TechCrunch op-eds to product launches and brand messaging to IPO disclosure documents and private placement memorandums, Rich delivers when words matter most.Rich believes in telling meaningful stories, raising controversial issues, and questioning assumptions. Towards that end, he has saved more than 10,000 drafts and broken five backspace keys in the last decade. When interviewing clients, he is known for asking unfair questions like, “What does that mean?” and “Can you give an example?” Rich graduated summa cum laude from Yale University in 2011with a B.A. in History. His thesis on Israel’s Six Day War earned the Alfred D. White Senior Essay Prize in American History.