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Christopher Ruddy

Chief Executive Officer and director at Newsmax.

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Updated Oct 27, 2026·Latest SEC filing Mar 28, 2025·Suggest an edit

About Christopher Ruddy

Christopher Ruddy is a chief executive officer and director at Newsmax.

Christopher Ruddy reports to the SEC as a director, officer or major shareholder of 3 public companies, including Virtus Total Return Fund (ZF) and Virtus Total Return Fund (ZTR).

Christopher Ruddy first appears on SEC filings in 2015.

Experience

This experience comes from SEC filings. The years are when the filings name Christopher Ruddy in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Newsmax Inc.
Chief Executive Officer and director
2024 – 2025 · Public company (NMAX)
Virtus Total Return Fund Inc.
Director
2015 · Public company (ZF)
Virtus Total Return Fund Inc.
Director
2015 · Public company (ZTR)

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Christopher Ruddy works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Newsmax Inc. · Form D/A, Jun 20, 2024
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Darryle Burnham
Executive officer

Sources

  1. SECNewsmax Inc. Form D/A, filed Jun 20, 2024
  2. SECForms 3, 4 and 5 filed by Christopher Ruddy (SEC filer 1644499)