Richard W. Parker

Rick Parker is the CEO of Thurston Springer and founder of Principia Private Wealth, a leader whose entrepreneurial spirit traces back to a lawn care business he started at age twelve. A graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington with a finance degree, he built his sales instincts across retail, home building, and other ventures before entering financial services in 2007, working his way up at Thurston Springer to become COO in 2016 and CEO in 2018, and eventually bringing several practices together to form Principia Private Wealth. Rick holds his Series 7, 24, 63, 65, and 79 licenses, along with life and health and property and casualty licenses. In his advisory work, he sees himself as the quarterback of each client's financial affairs, tuning into their goals, fears, and family dynamics at every stage of their financial journey, and he pairs the frequency of contact to each client's needs, always available for a sit-down, a call, or a video session. Outside of work, Rick is a car enthusiast who loves to travel and treasures time with family and friends, and he considers Principia his life's work.