Founded in 2000 and headquartered just south of Charlotte, N.C., Red Ventures employs more than 3,000 people and is the country’s largest technology-enabled platform for growing sales and marketing businesses. Our expertise spans multiple industries including Home Services, Energy, Financial Services, Insurance and Software.

Red Ventures uses data to optimize and improve the entire customer lifecycle – from demand generation to closing the sale – for some of the country’s largest brands. Unlike companies who specialize in either online marketing, telephone sales or building technology infrastructure, we have an expertise in all three.

Red Ventures brings together talented people who think it’s fun to challenge what’s possible and do bold things- fast. We’re consistently recognized for our energetic work environment, vibrant company culture and flat organizational structure. We’ve been named a top 10 Best Places To Work in Charlotte for 7 consecutive years thanks in part to a campus that boasts a gym, 2 on-site cafes, basketball court, bowling alley, spin room, and most importantly, incredible people.

Red Ventures Headquarters is located just outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. The company also has locations in the University Area of Charlotte, NC, and in Waltham, MA.

Ric Elias is the CEO and co-founder of Red Ventures, a marketing and sales powerhouse for some of the largest brands across North America. A native to Puerto Rico, Ric attended Boston College and Harvard Business School before beginning his career as part of GE’s Financial Management program.

Ric co-founded Red Ventures in 2000, just days before the dot-com bubble burst. The company weathered the storm and by 2007 it was ranked 4th on the Inc. 500 list. In 2010, Red Ventures grew by 62% and was ranked #1 on Charlotte’s Best Places to Work list. That same year, global growth equity firm General Atlantic LLC (“GA”) announced a minority investment in the company.

Today, Red Ventures employs more than 1,900 people and has offices in five states. The company has grown more than 30% each year for the past three years and is poised to grow more than 40% in 2013. Armed with his favorite motto, “What got us here won’t get us there,” Ric is constantly finding new ways to improve the company’s model, while maintaining its unique culture. Under Ric’s leadership, Red Ventures now drives millions of dollars in sales for 14 industry-leading brand partners – each business a testament to the hyper-adaptability of Ric and his team.

Ric’s leadership style earned him noteworthy recognition in 2011, when he was named an Ernst &Young National Entrepreneur of the Year. His inspirational views on both business and family have been featured on CNN, TED Talks and MSNBC.

Beyond Red Ventures, Ric focuses on creating equal educational opportunities for the more than two million undocumented youth in the U.S. In August 2012, he founded Golden Door Scholars (GDS), a non-profit that creates educational and career opportunities for high-performing undocumented students. This fall, GDS sent 13 students – valedictorians, award-winning artists, athletes and community leaders – to the colleges of their choice.