As a businessman, he is chiefly known for being part of the team which created the world's first on-line ATM and for a long career as a McKinsey & Company partner.
[citation needed] After IBM, he began a long career in Management Consultancy McKinsey in two separate periods, during the second of which he was elected a partner.
[citation needed] In the middle of this career, he resigned to run the family estates in Bellarena, Northern Ireland.
He created a modern food factory and exported luxury products, such as smoked salmon, throughout the world.
[citation needed] Richard Heygate has published a number of articles in his company's business journal, the McKinsey Quarterly.