EXPERIENCE
Dr. Ricky Sun joined Bain Capital in 2016. He is a Partner on the Life Sciences team.
Prior to joining Bain Capital, Ricky was a Director of Corporate Development and Strategy at Biogen. Prior to Biogen, he served as a Vice President at BlackRock, as a member of the Fundamental Equity division of BlackRock's Alpha Strategies Group, and senior analyst for BlackRock's Fundamental Large Cap Growth equity team, covering the health care sector. Prior to that, Ricky was a senior healthcare analyst at Citadel and Alyeska Investment Group in Chicago and worked as a pharmaceuticals equity research analyst on Wall Street, spending time at Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley. He began his career as a senior scientist at Ironwood Pharmaceutical where he was involved in the discovery and development of the drug Linzess for irritable bowel syndrome.
EDUCATION
Ricky received a PhD degree in chemistry and chemical biology from Harvard University and was an NIH post-doctoral fellow in biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at Harvard Medical School. He also received an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business, where he was a Mildred Elperin Scholar. He graduated summa cum laude from Berea College with a BA in chemistry.
