founded by ric elias . for singer rick elias see rick elias . red ventures type privately held founded charlotte north carolina 2000 headquarters indian land south carolina key people ric elias 1 chief executive officer dan feldstein chief marketing officer mark brodsky chief financial officer dale lancaster chief technology officer services online marketing services customer acquisition marketing number of employees 2 000 website www.redventures.com red ventures is an american marketing company incorporated in the state of south carolina . 2 the company acquires customers for providers of home insurance consumer business automotive remodeling financial and educational services . 3 these service providers include directv adt security services and hughesnet . red ventures corporate headquarters are located in indian land south carolina 4 with offices also in charlotte north carolina s university city . 5 the company had additional locations in miramar florida and san antonio texas until 2014 when these locations were closed and the jobs were moved to charlotte . 6 according to the charlotte business journal red ventures offered to relocate almost 300 employees to the charlotte area from miami and san antonio when the closures occurred . 7 red ventures recently closed the wilmington office moving the jobs to the indian land south carolina headquarters and relocating many employees . contents 1 vertical markets 2 brief history 3 corporate culture 3.1 corporate achievements 4 references vertical markets edit red ventures operates businesses in the following vertical markets 3 home & consumer services directstartv security choice home services corp. satellite star internet home & auto insurance services business services premier growth solutions automotive modern consumer financial services education education enrollment services international direct solutions brief history edit 1999 red f the precursor to red ventures was founded by ric elias and dan feldstein who met while working at cendant corporation . 8 2000 following the dot com implosion of mid 2000 red f which began as an online discount and loyalty program evolved into a marketing consulting firm . clients included bellsouth lendingtree and directv . 9 2003 red ventures is launched the idea behind it was to acquire new customers on behalf of service related brands beginning with directv . 10 2004 red f was ranked twenty first overall and first among marketing companies on the 2004 inc. 500 . 11 2005 red f was sold to its management team so elias and feldstein could focus on developing red ventures 8 2005 security choice adt dealer business launches at rv . 12 2006 directstartv named directv dealer of the year . 13 2007 red ventures was ranked fourth overall and first among advertising and marketing companies on the 2007 inc. 500 . 14 2007 in april rv relocates to new larger headquarters in charlotte nc 15 2008 red ventures acquired modern consumer which operates a lead generation and distribution network for the automotive finance market ; 16 2008 red ventures was ranked 17th overall and second among advertising and marketing companies on the 2008 inc. 500 . 17 2009 in december rv headquarters move from charlotte nc 5 miles south to indian land sc . 15 2010 red ventures breaks ground on new building called rv2 in july 18 2010 investment firm general atlantic announces investment in red ventures and managing director anton levy joins the board of directors . 19 20 21 2011 march rv ceo ric elias gives ted talk on his hudson river plane crash which received more than 6 million views and attracts national attention . 22 2011 red ventures hits 1 000 employee mark . 2011 november ric elias is named ernst & young national entrepreneur of the year . 23 2012 rv acquires www.homeinsurance.com and with it a satellite office in wilmington nc . 24 2012 october ric elias launches seeding it with 1 million dollars of his own money . 25 2013 red ventures announces a series of new partnerships in the telco space including verizon and at & t. 26 2013 in april rv breaks ground on headquarters expansion to building three rv3 . 27 2013 july rv signs lease for 35 000 sq ft expansion in northern charlotte nc . 28 2014 rv awarded jdig job development grant from the state of north carolina for its north charlotte growth . 29 2014 rv hits 2 000 employee mark . 30 2014 june 180 000 sq ft headquarters expansion on indian land sc opens for business . 30 corporate culture edit red ventures corporate culture combines a focus on measurement and profitability with an entrepreneurial mindset that promotes new ideas and innovation from its employees . 8 the organization is flat with decision making dispersed among small autonomous divisions formed around the company s verticals and marketing channels . 31 corporate achievements edit red ventures and members of its management team have received several awards honoring them for their accomplishments in inc. magazine s 2008 inc. 500 list of the nation s fastest growing private companies red ventures ranked 17th overall and second among advertising and marketing companies . august 2008 32 in inc. magazine s 2007 inc. 500 list of the nation s fastest growing private companies red ventures ranked fourth overall and first among advertising and marketing companies . september 2007 14 cmo dan feldstein was named to the charlotte business journal s forty under 40 list june 2007 33 directstartv president joe peterson was named to the charlotte business journal s forty under 40 list june 2008 34 christy durbin president of radio sales group and education enrollment services was a recipient of the charlotte business journal s women in business achievement award july 2008 35 red ventures was ranked third among large companies on the charlotte business journal s 2008 best places to work list . 36 lorenzo clark sales director was named to the charlotte business journal s 40 under 40 list march 2010 37 ford quarterman master sales agent was named to elevate lifestyle s top 30 under 30 future leaders of charlotte 2012 38 red ventures ranked 1 in large companies on the charlotte business journal s 2010 best places to work list november 2010 39 elizabeth hunter persson senior vice president was a recipient of the charlotte business journal s women in business achievement award may 2011 40 red ventures ranked 1 in large companies on the charlotte business journal s 2011 best places to work list november 2011 41 references edit bio of elias accessed 2012 03 10 . south carolina secretary of state search business filings a b verticals red ventures website ; 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