Ric Elias
$1.0B
Born
May 21, 1967
Age
58
Source of Wealth
Media
Residence
Charlotte, North Carolina
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
2
Education
- Ric Elias is the cofounder and CEO of Red Ventures, the digital media company that owns brands like The Points Guy, Bankrate and Lonely Planet.
- He started Red Ventures with friend Dan Feldstein in 2000 and grew it by buying up specialized websites.
- It bought personal finance site Bankrate for $1.4 billion in 2017 and paid $500 million for product reviewer CNET in 2020 (which it sold to Ziff Davis in 2024).
- A Puerto Rico native, Elias has started multiple foundations, including Golden Door Scholars, which provides scholarships to undocumented students.
- Elias was one of the 150 passenger on the infamous "Miracle on the Hudson" flight in 2009.
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