Ric Elias
$1.04B
as of 04/02/25
About Ric Elias
Ric Elias is the cofounder and CEO of Red Ventures, the digital media company that owns brands like CNET, Lonely Planet, Best Colleges and The Points Guy.
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.
A Puerto Rico native, Elias has started multiple foundations, including Golden Door Scholars, which provides scholarships to undocumented students.
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Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
MediaResidence
Charlotte, North CarolinaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
05/21/67 (age 57)Number of children
2Self-made
self-madeRic Elias’s fortune is worth
17K
troy ounces of gold
16K
median U.S. household
10K
median U.S. income
0.021%
U.S. credit card volume
0.004%
GDP of the United States
0.003%
United States debt
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Did you know?
Elias was one of the 155 passenger on the infamous "Miracle on the Hudson" flight in 2009.
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