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Founder, owner and president, independent insurance agency · R&R Insurance Services, Inc. · Waukesha, Wisconsin

Ken Riesch

Ken Riesch, founder/owner/president of R&R Insurance (family agency; third-generation leadership with children Jack, Stephanie, Bryon). Not Bryon Riesch (son; paralysis foundation namesake). Board member of Waukesha State Bank.

Net worth

$40 million+

September 17, 2026

About

Ken Riesch founded R&R Insurance with his father in 1975 and remains owner and president of one of Wisconsin's largest independently owned insurance agencies.

BizTimes Wisconsin 275 tags the firm Waukesha and credits commercial property-casualty, workers compensation, benefits, and related lines as specialties while the agency stays family-owned amid industry consolidation.

Earlier Wisconsin 275 copy put the agency near 200 employees with offices beyond the headquarters campus. In 2019 R&R consolidated former Waukesha, Menomonee Falls, and Oconomowoc offices into a renovated 60,000-square-foot headquarters that the company still brands as its Waukesha office, even as some press places the building on the Pewaukee side of the Lake Country border.

Riesch has chaired the Waukesha Memorial Hospital Foundation board and serves on boards of West Bend Mutual Insurance, Waukesha State Bank, the Waukesha County Community Foundation, and the Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation named for his son. He holds a bachelor's from the University of Washington and was an All-American swimmer and Olympic hopeful; older Wisconsin 275 fun-facts also cite a self-reported world-record mark in the 200-meter butterfly.

Companies and affiliations

  • R&R Insurance Services, Inc.

Notable facts

  • BizTimes Wisconsin 275: Ken Riesch is founder, owner and president of Waukesha-tagged R&R Insurance; co-founded with his father in 1975; third-generation family leadership.

  • Company about page describes R&R Insurance headquarters in Waukesha, WI, and lists a Waukesha office / HQ campus.

  • BizTimes (2019): new HQ move described as City of Pewaukee consolidation of prior Waukesha headquarters plus Menomonee Falls and Oconomowoc offices.

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What makes Ken Riesch notable?
Ken Riesch founded R&R Insurance with his father in 1975 and remains owner and president of one of Wisconsin's largest independently owned insurance agencies. BizTimes Wisconsin 275 tags the firm Waukesha and credits commercial property-casualty, workers compensation, benefits, and related lines as specialties while…
What is Ken Riesch's estimated net worth?
Ken Riesch's estimated net worth is $40 million+ as of 2026-09-17.

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