Team • Ralph Booth
Ralph Booth is a Founding Partner of Fontinalis. As an investment professional with significant operational, strategic and transactional experience in both domestic and international markets, Ralph has repeatedly built and scaled companies from inception to IPO.
Since 1995, Ralph has served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Booth American Company (BAC), a private investment firm. As CEO, Ralph continues to expand BAC’s investment strategy and holdings both domestically and internationally by helping young companies of all types to grow and access new markets. Ralph’s experience spans the globe, having built companies in the United States, Europe and South America.
In 1989, he formed a European telecommunications division to provide broadband services in the U.K. He developed English Cable Enterprises and subsequently merged it into NTL, Inc. in 1994. Ralph then co-founded European Cable Capital Partners with Goldman Sachs and purchased a controlling interest in Diamond Cable Communications, Plc. Diamond was then merged into NTL, Inc., in 1999, forming the largest broadband telecommunications provider in the U.K. Prior to 1995, Ralph held the position of President and Chief Financial Officer of BAC, overseeing the development of the company's broadcast media, telecommunications and cable television divisions.
Ralph also acts as a board member of Diveo Broadband Networks, Inc. with operations in Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia and of Grupo Clarin, S.A. headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a past trustee of The Henry Ford and the Hotchkiss School, and has been active with the Valley Floor Preservation initiative in Telluride, CO. Ralph holds a B.A. from Harvard University.