Rank #3337
Ric Elias
Net worth $1.0B
Media · United States
- Born
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 59
- Source
- Media
- Residence
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- 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.