Episode 388 - Richard Ryan

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

Richard Ryan is a software developer and media executive with more than twenty years of experience in the tech industry. He has generated billions of views and millions of followers across social media platforms, leveraging his deep understanding of algorithms and digital marketing.

-As a co-founder of Black Rifle Coffee Company, he helped grow the brand to a publicly traded powerhouse with a $1.7 billion valuation and $396 million in revenue in 2023

-Richard has created a suite of applications to include a YouTube app that debuted in the App Store four years before YouTube. Across multiple apps, he’s achieved millions of downloads.

-As a media executive, he launched Rated Red with Verizon Media and Hearst Publications, growing it to over one million organic subscribers in its first year.

-Richard’s YouTube empire includes several channels like FullMag (2.7 million subscribers), with over twenty billion views across all his platforms.

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1:07.0	We are back. Today is Memorial Day. I hope that you are living your fullest life. So many times people have asked me what is the best way to say thank you, not only for people's service who are still alive, but for those who paid the ultimate price, giving their life in service of this country. I can give an answer that only
1:28.1	counts for me. And that answer is live the fullest life humanly possible. Live a life that would be
1:36.9	befitting the sacrifice that other people have made. Do the best that you can. I think that's
1:44.0	the best way you can honor them.
1:45.8	Now, let's talk about today's guest.
1:48.7	Today's guest is Mr. Richard Ryan.
1:52.5	He is, I was going to say, a behind the scenes kind of guy, but not always.
1:57.4	I say that because he's got a couple bullet points here.
2:00.2	He is of the core four founders of couple bullet points here. He is of the four,
2:01.8	the core four founders of Black Rifle Coffee. He is probably the most unknown. Involved from
2:06.8	very early on, help grow at its peak Black Rifle Coffee to a $1.7 billion evaluation with
2:13.6	$396 million revenue in 2023. A tech pioneer as well.
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