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About Ryan Richmond

Builder. Tinkerer. Entrepreneur.

I am from Clarkston, Michigan, and now live in Bloomfield Hills. I have spent my career building companies, chasing ideas, spotting opportunities, and working on whatever keeps me interested long enough to turn it into something real.

But I am more than my work. I am a father to two wonderful children, husband to my beautiful and intelligent wife, Sarah, and full-time ball thrower for Heidi, our five-year-old golden retriever.

I try to have hobbies, but I get bored easily. I have played guitar occasionally for almost 40 years, which is about the same relationship I have with golf. I like reading, listening to new ideas, and testing whether something catches my attention. Sometimes I get bored and move on. Sometimes I stick with it long enough to get pretty good. Either way, I like learning how things work.

Current

Founder

Hemp Well
Jan 2017 – Present · Auburn Hills, MI

Hemp Well manufactures and distributes hemp-based supplements formulated for pets through a network of dealers, distributors, and online channels. The mission is simple: changing the world one pet at a time.

Current

Tinkerer

FPUM
Feb 2012 – Present · Bloomfield Hills, MI

A little of this and a little bit of that. FPUM is where ideas get tested, built, broken, improved, and sometimes turned into something real.

Current

Managing Member

Realty Plus
Mar 2004 – Present · Royal Oak, MI

Realty Plus grew out of my real estate background and my belief that real estate should be easier to understand, easier to market, and easier to navigate.

Exit

Investor

Clinical Relief / Relief Choices Dispensary
2009 – 2014 · Metro Detroit, MI

Early investor in Michigan’s medical marijuana experiment after voters approved the law — back when the status quo knocked in doors, arrested entrepeneurs, and beat up old people to stop it.

President

Trowbridge Realty
Apr 2009 – Jun 2013 · Detroit, MI

Commercial real estate brokerage and consulting during one of the most difficult and interesting real estate markets in modern history.

Financial Advisor

Personal Practice
Feb 2002 – Jul 2009 · Birmingham, MI

Financial and estate planning practice, along with mortgage brokerage franchise ownership and operation.

Corporate Services

GVA Detroit Real Estate
May 2007 – Apr 2009 · Southfield, MI

Commercial real estate leasing, sales, and consulting for businesses navigating space, growth, and strategy.

Financial Advisor

Hantz Financial
May 2001 – Feb 2002

Early financial advisory experience that helped shape how I think about money, risk, planning, and business.

Airman

Michigan Air National Guard
Aug 1997 – Apr 2002 · Mount Clemens, MI

Part-time service in the Michigan Air National Guard after active duty, continuing the structure, discipline, and logistics foundation I started in the Air Force.

Airman

United States Air Force
Jun 1995 – Aug 1997 · Phoenix, AZ

Logistics, military police work, and the kind of early-life structure that taught me how systems work — and how people move through them.

Anything I Could

Lots of things
1988 – 1995 · Clarkston, MI

I cannot recall a time when I did not work after my 10th birthday.