Join us on 5/2 in Fulton Honors Library for our final talk of the year! 

We are ending on a high, welcoming Ric Elias from Red Ventures to campus to speak with students!

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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 percent 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 1,800 people and has offices in four states. The company has grown more than 30 percent each year for the past three years. 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.