A man called Boz and a tale of two cities

The boss of River Capital tells it like it is, and he doesn’t appreciate Dragon’s Den either

Hello Rainmakers,

One of the great things about this job is the opportunity to sit down and chew the cud with some of the real characters and personalities of the Rainmakers world.

So, here’s Boz, the CEO of River Capital.

A man called Boz and a tale of two cities

I don’t know if Charles Dickens ever made it to Middlesbrough. Or Liverpool for that matter. Clearly he knew the dark streets of London, and of the docks of Chatham. But the creator of Oliver Twist and Thomas Gradgrind, who also wrote under the pen name Boz, would surely never have had the imagination to create a character like a modern day Boz, Mark Borzomato, the CEO and head of private equity at Liverpool headquartered River Capital.

Friendly, fun and informal, and in an industry whose London equivalents we have mocked on these pages, it would be easy to say Mark Borzomato stands out as a refreshing exception to them. But he’d rather point to plenty of other characters who work hard and build their own reputations. In his case though, his authentic, down-to-earth approach to supporting growing businesses works just fine.