Richard Worthington

Richard Worthington has served as president & chief operating officer for Paradise Development Company and The Molasky Group of Companies since 1998. Worthington is responsible for providing leadership and management to the overall operations of this highly diversified and prolific family-owned real estate firm that has been at the forefront of southern Nevada's growth for nearly sixty years. Worthington oversees a diversified portfolio of real property and various joint ventures with strategic partners. He has worked with the Molasky family for more than seventeen years on various projects, including serving for six years as senior vice president, and later, president of Ritter Ranch Co, an affiliated company to Paradise Development and the developer of an 11,500 acre, 7,200 unit master-planned community located in North Los Angeles County. Prior to relocating to Las Vegas, Worthington owned an independent real estate consulting firm based in Los Angeles. Some of his former notable clients included Robert E. Peterson/Peterson Publishing; Bankers Trust Co.; CalPERS; Merv Adelson; Deutsche Bank; East West Capital Associates; Steve Wynn; and Si Redd founder of IGT and owner of Mesquite Vistas, LLC, to name a few. Worthington also was retained as a consultant for several years with Deutsche Bank as a real estate workout specialist who completed various construction, financial restructuring, sale and litigation assignments on behalf of the bank in southern California, Shanghai China, Washington D.C., Florida, Maryland and Virginia.