[10] In 1988, The Wall Street Journal wrote, “CRT's secret is a computer system that uses one of the most sophisticated trading models in the securities industry.
Bud Hunt, former CFO of CRT, told the story of Ritchie eliminating a potential hire based on a quick glance at his resume.
In that transaction, CRT was advised by investment banker Bruce Jackson, CEO of Carver Cross Securities Corp. and formerly of Brown Brothers Harriman.
Fox River invests in hedge funds, real estate related transactions and mitigation deals for endangered species.
[14] In 2002, Fox River partner, Keith Dickson, purchased 138 acres (56 ha) from the Howard Hughes’ estate, which included the Cahuenga Peak where the famous Hollywood Sign sits.
CNN reported that Ritchie is motivated by “a keen interest in raising people's self esteem in all his ventures,”[20] due to his struggle with a lack of confidence well into his early forties.
Among other things JV Dialogue was the exclusive distributor for Microsoft products for two years and Steve Ballmer came to Moscow to announce the relationship.
During that time the company sold MS products throughout its network of affiliates as well as converting MSDOS and MSWorks to the Russian language.
Through its network JV Dialogue represented a number of western technology products and eventually created a JV named Summit Systems, located in Minsk Belorussia current day Belarus, with Chips and Technologies being an American partner and Aeroflot being the prime Soviet partner.
JV Dialogue provided three course hot lunches for all employees as prepared by a chef trained at the Culinary Institute of America.
They launched a variety of businesses in housekeeping and service management that brought American know-how, but also focused on bringing pride and dignity to people's work.
[20] Service jobs in Japan are typically looked down upon, but these ventures provided training and equipment that encouraged employees to take pride in their work.
[4] Before the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center Towers, Joe and James, were working to free Afghans from oppressive Taliban rule.
[26] The Ritchie brothers attempted to fill the foreign policy vacuum that had been left by the United States in Afghanistan.
In 2000, Joe and James, along with Robert McFarlane, President Reagan's Security Advisor,[27] met with Abdul Haq (Afghan leader), one of the most successful commanders in Afghanistan during the struggle against the Soviet Union in the 1980s.
With Abdul Haq, the Ritchies worked to create a strategy for Afghanistan to transition into a more democratic and modern society with the help of the former Afghan King Zahir Shah.
[27] Stephen Kinzer, reporting for the New York Times in 2001 wrote “Before Afghanistan became a focused attention, James and Joseph Ritchie spent much of this year trying to persuade the Bush Administration to embrace their efforts.” Peter Tomsen, former special envoy to Afghanistan was quoted saying in reference to the Ritchie brothers that they “went into a vacuum left by the US Government.
[4] To facilitate private sector investment the Rwandan Development Board (RDB) and Presidential Advisory Council (PAC)[31] were formed.