Team
Gustavo Aray
Gustavo founded RZV (Rui Zhi Ventures Limited) in 2011 to help patent owners and investment funds monetize and acquire high-quality patent portfolios. He has closed dozens of buy-side, sell-side, and financing transactions for clients and has been recognized in leading IP publications as one of the world's top patent brokers.
Prior to founding RZV, Gustavo worked at Intel Capital where he co-founded and managed Intel Corporation's patent acquisition group and Intel Capital's portfolio company patent licensing program. As a member of Intel Capital's investment team, he directed investments in technology companies in the US and China and managed portfolio companies in Intel Capital's post-investment management group.
Previously, Gustavo worked at Coopers & Lybrand (now part of PwC) before earning his MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. He has studied Mandarin Chinese at the Taipei Language Institute in Taipei and holds a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
