As Volaris Group celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2025, we are publishing a series that looks at the people, businesses, and milestones who have helped build and grow our ecosystem of software businesses into what it is today.
One of the most senior leaders at Volaris Group is Portfolio Leader Rick Bacchus, who has also been around longer than many people within our network of companies. After spending more than 25 years of his career at Volaris Group, he is still excited about the opportunities ahead for growth.
Bacchus came to be part of Volaris when Trapeze Group acquired his previous employer. Since then, he has gained more and more responsibility — bringing him to his current role as a Portfolio Leader, where he has high-level oversight for the M&A and operational activities at more than 40 companies under his portfolio.
When speaking at Volaris events, he frequently emphasizes that each employee within a company has personal accountability to help their companies grow and thrive — no matter how large or how successful the business already is.
Judging by the overwhelmingly positive feedback on his presentations, many of our leaders agree with him and want their companies to maintain a mindset of ownership when growing their companies.
“We’re not a small company in totality anymore — but we are a small company in our makeup, so we’re a sum of our parts.”
What being “Forever Invested” means to Rick Bacchus
Given Volaris Group’s long-term view toward business investment, Bacchus doesn’t see the success of the company tapering off any time soon. He sees Volaris continuing to grow through new acquisitions, and through organic growth at companies that have already been acquired.
“The organization we have, I feel like we’re just starting off. I know we’ve come a long way in the [more than] 25 years that I’ve been with the company,” he shares.
To him, every day is the start of something new: “I don’t ever feel like we’re done.”
