Hit the gas: Businessman chases high-speed thrills

Entrepreneur by day, race car driver by night. That’s Chris Ruppel.

Mark Wemple. Financial services entrepreneur Chris Ruppel has a passion for race cars.
Mark Wemple. Financial services entrepreneur Chris Ruppel has a passion for race cars.
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EXECUTIVE: Chris Ruppel, an entrepreneur who founded Rapid Financial Services before selling it in 2011 to Wex Inc. At present, he serves as general manager of wage and corporate disbursements for Green Dot Corp., in addition to being a member of St. Petersburg-based Freedom Bank’s board of directors and a founder of the Press Hotel, a boutique property in Portland, Maine.

 

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