It’s easy to be envious of a rich person since they have the kind of money that seems to make life easy and a lot smoother than some might think is necessary. But Ricky Van Veen seems like the type of person that at the very least earned his money in a manner that’s honest and due to his intelligence and ability to make a dollar and invest it wisely, rather than act in a very suspect way as many rich folks are accused of. It could be that anything dodgy he’s done is completely off the radar, meaning we wouldn’t know about it if it didn’t hit the news, or it could be that he’s just an honest, down to earth working man that has amassed a very impressive fortune and has a rather high-paying career that has been extraordinarily good to him. People can say what they want after all, so long as they realize it doesn’t change the fact that he is a very wealthy man.
Here are a few things about Ricky you might not have known.
10. At this time he’s head of Global Creative Strategy at Facebook.
So obviously he does work and he is entrusted with a lot of responsibility. Some might see his net worth as it’s mentioned later on in the article and think that he gets to sit back and just enjoy his life with every second. That’s not quite how it works. The rich don’t get richer by sitting back and waiting for others to do their work, they still get out and earn their money.
9. He’s in his late 30s at this time.
This does make a lot of us wonder just where we went wrong now that we’re looking at mountains of debt and have barely anything to show for it. It’s a matter of the decisions you make as you’re growing up and how hard you’re willing to work in order to make the kind of life that Ricky has. It doesn’t matter where you come from, it matters what you’re willing to do with the time you have.
8. Ricky and his wife recently announced that they’re splitting.
Caitlyn Hitt of Pop Culture is just one of many individuals covering this story since it seems to be the top story at this moment concerning Ricky and Allison. Four years doesn’t seem like much to be honest, just enough time to get to know your partner’s habits and maybe decide you don’t like all of them. Whatever the reasons that are given it just doesn’t seem like enough time to really get to do much as a couple.
7. At one point one of his sites was earning upwards of $10 to $15 million a year.
The site was sold it sounds like at one point which kind of negated the cash flow after a while, though obviously Ricky has moved on and done quite well for himself in the process. This is the kind of guy that seems to bounce back pretty easily from just about anything.
6. Ricky is an educated individual.
He did attend Wake Forest University and he did graduate so he focused on getting his education before really going all out for his career. At the same time there’s not much other mention of further schooling or even what he did while in school, but whatever it was obviously benefited him moving forward.
5. There’s not a whole lot of information about his family online.
Their names are mentioned, as is the fact that they’re related to him, but other than this there’s not a whole lot on them, almost as though a mention was enough and that’s where it ends.
4. His estimated net worth is around $25 million.
Given what’s already been learned of this man it’s not hard to see this kind of net worth, though one might expect it to be just a little higher. Still, this kind of money is nothing to sneeze at since it’s more than many of us will see in a lifetime.
3. Thus far it seems as though he hasn’t been involved in any serious controversies.
This is a good thing to be honest since it means that he hasn’t had a reason to be in the news for anything other than his accomplishments. That’s a huge achievement in a world where the media wants to slam anyone and everyone for a public gaffe that might ruin them.
2. He’s active on social media but not so much that it might be considered extensive.
Twitter and Instagram seem to be his major links to social media but even on those he doesn’t seem to be overly active. It doesn’t seem as though he’s on Facebook at all.
1. Apart from his divorce and his job there isn’t a lot to tell about him at this point.
This might be just the way he wants it since to be honest being in the media at this point means walking a tightrope between being the good person and the villain for whatever reason.
He’s successful, that’s the main point.
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