Henry Posner

Active Investor

Chairman at Railroad Development Corporation

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Henry Posner, Chairman at Railroad Development Corporation is an active investor based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This profile covers what Henry Posner backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Henry Posner serves as Chairman at Railroad Development. Prior to forming RDC in conjunction with his partner Bob Pietrandrea, Mr. Posner entered railway service at Conrail, serving the Operating, Marketing, and Sales departments in Detroit, New York, and Philadelphia. He serves as Chairman of RDC; Iowa Interstate Railroad; RDC-Deutschland; RégioRail; and The Hawthorne Group. He also serves as a director of Eurorail; and a director of Vivarail. A graduate of Princeton University (BS-Civil Engineering), Mr. Posner also holds an MBA (Finance) from the Wharton School. He serves as Chairman of the EBT Foundation, a nonprofit organization formed to restore and operate the East Broad Top Railroad; Iowa Interstate's alternate director at the Association of American Railroads; a member of the Advisory Council of Princeton University's Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS); a board member of the Independent School Chairpersons' Association (ISCA); and as an Emeritus Trustee and former President of the Winchester Thurston School. He teaches an undergraduate course on rail deregulation at Carnegie Mellon University and has lectured and published extensively on railway matters. He was a contributor to the book Railway Transformation, published in 2010 by Eurail Press under the auspices of the Community of European Railways. His philanthropic activities ranged from support of the Jewish community in the Former Soviet Union to Operation Lifesaver. He was named among "75 People You Should Know" for Trains magazine's 75th anniversary; is the recipient of a Paul Harris Fellowship from Rotary International for his work in Guatemala; and is an occasional contributor to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on regional affairs. RDC's history is profiled in the book Railroaders Without Borders by Prof. H. Roger Grant (Indiana University Press, 2015).

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Invests in: SaaS & EnterpriseMobility & LogisticsSupply Chain & Logistics
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Typical check: $500K
Past investments: 1

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