The Richard Perry University Professorship

In 2005, Penn Trustee Richard Perry established the first four Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) University Professorships. The PIK Program was created by President Gutmann as a University-wide initiative to recruit exceptional faculty members whose research and teaching exemplify the integration of knowledge across disciplines and who are appointed in at least two Schools at Penn.

A Wharton graduate, Richard C. Perry is President and Chief Executive Officer of Perry Capital, a private investment management firm that he co-founded in 1988. His philanthropy at Penn includes the creation of the Perry World House, a global policy research center that aims to advance interdisciplinary, policy-relevant research on the world’s most urgent global affairs challenges.

Current Chairholder

The Richard Perry University Professorship is currently open.

Previous Chairholder

• Adrian Raine, PhD 2007–2023