Bill Ritchie

Bill Ritchie, ThinkFun CEO & Co-founder

Bill Ritchie is the co-founder and chief executive officer of ThinkFun, the leading manufacturer of mind challenging games. Bill, along with co-founder, Andrea Barthello, started ThinkFun as Binary Arts in 1985. Together they built Binary Arts from a small, home-based business into a four-time INC 500 company with products distributed through some of the world’s most prominent retail companies.

Prior to starting Binary Arts, Bill Ritchie was involved in historic research and a real estate syndication company in Northern Virginia. Bill is a member of the Young Presidents Organization and a founding President of the World Entrepreneur Organization. Bill spends a great deal of time traveling to various puzzle and education gatherings to share his knowledge and learn more about the needs of game enthusiasts all over the world. In 2000, Bill received the "Sam Loyd Award for Lifetime Achievement in Mechanical Puzzles" from the Association of Game and Puzzle Collectors.

Bill received a degree in American Studies from Wesleyan University and a Masters Degree in City & Regional Planning from Harvard University. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and their two children.