Richard H. Linton, Jr
President and Chief Operating Officer
Rich Linton is President and Chief Operating Officer for Empower. In his role, he oversees Empower’s distribution and service across all market segments, including corporate, corporate large and mega, not-for- profit, government, and Taft-Hartley plans. He also manages all aspects of recordkeeping operations for Empower, including plan administration, the Customer Care Center, implementation, client service, processing operations, financial controls, and transformation functions. Additionally, he has responsibility for Empower’s product, technology, Empower Investments, and Empower India organizations.
Rich joined Empower in 2016 and has 33 years of experience in the retirement plan services industry. Before joining Empower, he served as President of Large Corporate Markets and Retail Wealth Management for Voya Financial. There, he oversaw sales and marketing, relationship management, product development, platform management, field representative service, brokerage operations, and strategic planning.
Rich has also worked at Bank of America, where he was Managing Director of the Business Retirement Solutions Group, and at Fidelity Investments, where he served in a variety of leadership roles in operations, sales, product, client service, and general management.
Rich holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and mathematics from Boston University. He serves on the Executive Dinner Committee for the Hope on the Harbor annual Alzheimer’s Association fundraising gala in Boston and on the Conference Board Chief Operating Officer Council. Rich is the former Board Chairman/President of the Society of Professional Asset-Managers and Recordkeepers (SPARK) and a former Board Chair for the Greater Cincinnati affiliate of the American Heart Association.