Richmond Italia

Richmond Italia has been one of the most influential people in the Sport of Paintball for the past fifteen years. The Founder & first President of Procaps LP, developer of the Matrix and inventor of XBall, his ideas, concepts and inventions have played a major role in shaping the way the sport is played and televised. A true visionary, Richmond’s fertile imagination and tenacious nature have resulted in a string of successes and product launches that have become household words in the global Paintball community.
Soon after graduating from Toronto’s Ryerson University with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1986, Richmond worked for communications giant, Nortel, for a year. Quickly discovering his own irrepressible entrepreneurial traits, he began his own automotive sales enterprise with his brother Richard. Their complimentary skills were immediately evident as the business flourished for four years. During that time, Richmond discovered Paintball, and since then, he has never looked back.