Richard Edward Thornburgh is an American businessperson who has been the head of 5 different companies and presently is Chairman for Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, Inc. and Chairman for Credit Suisse (USA), Inc.

He is also on the board of 7 other companies.

He previously was Chairman for Securities Industry Association, Chairman for Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc., Chief Financial Officer at Credit Suisse AG and Executive Vice Chairman at Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Broker).

Richard Edward Thornburgh received an undergraduate degree from the University of Cincinnati (Ohio) and an MBA from Harvard Business School.