Barry Ritholtz – Startup Investor Profile

General Info

Barry Ritholtz is the founder and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management, renowned for his podcast Masters in Business. He follows an investment philosophy of owning a diversified, low-cost portfolio of global assets. His investment focus is on a process-based approach rather than outcomes. Ritholtz’s investment check size varies, with a strategy that works well for any portfolio size with a minimum of $5000. He has a diverse professional career, previously serving as CEO of Fusion IQ and a contributor to CNBC and TheStreet.com. Ritholtz’s track record includes successful insights on financial markets and authoring ‘Bailout Nation.’ His collaboration style involves working with a wide range of partners and emphasizing diverse perspectives in investment decisions.
Location: Manhattan Beach, CA
Country: United States of America
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Status: very-active

AI Reasoning: Search results indicate Barry Ritholtz had a publicly recorded investment in April 2024 (Future Proof) per investor profile sources; that investment is within 6 to 19 months from the required reference date. Calculating from that April 2024 investment to the reference date yields a difference of approximately 19 months, which would normally be ‘low-active’. However, more recent activity is documented: he wrote about and was involved with Future Proof events and related investments in late 2024 and 2025 (sources include his blog posts Oct 2, 2024 and event activity 2025), indicating investments or active involvement within the past 6 months of the reference date. Specifically, coverage in 2025 shows participation and investments related to Finny/wealthtech in Mar 2025. The most recent known investment/activity is March 2025 (Finny/wealthtech investment news). From March 2025 to the reference date is about 8 months, which falls into the ‘active’ range; however, additional 2025 mentions (July-September 2025 posts/interviews) show ongoing activity possibly as recent as September 2025, placing last activity within 2 months. Therefore the best-supported classification is ‘very-active’.

Angel activity thresholds:
Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.
Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.
Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.

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