Garrett Read
Director
About Garrett
Garrett Read joined William Blair in 2024 as a director on the Private Shares Trading team based in Boston. In this role, Garrett partners with institutional investors to advise on and execute transactions to both build positions and generate liquidity. Garrett’s deep understanding of how to thoughtfully navigate the secondary market has helped investors achieve successful outcomes across a wide range of venture-backed companies and market dynamics.
Before William Blair, Garrett helped build Addepar’s private market advisory services focused on discrete secondary transactions and co-investment opportunities with leading family offices and wealth managers. Before Addepar, he joined Forge Global in 2019 and was a producer on its institutional team working closely with venture capital and investment management firms to source, structure, and complete secondary block trades.
Garrett graduated from Tufts University in 2015 with a major in economics and resides in Saunderstown, Rhode Island, with his wife and son.
About William Blair
William Blair is a premier global partnership with expertise in investment banking, investment management, and private wealth management. We provide advisory services, strategies, and solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs. As an independent and employee-owned firm, together with our strategic partners, we operate in more than 20 offices worldwide.*
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1935Year William Blair was founded
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2,000+Employees worldwide
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145 billion+Client assets
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90 YearsIndependent and employee-owned
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20+Offices worldwide
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650+Companies under coverage
As of June 30, 2025
*Includes strategic partnerships with Allier Capital, BDA Partners, and Poalim Capital Markets.