Brent Ridge
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Brent Ridge | |
|---|---|
 Brent Ridge at the 2011 Texas Book Festival. | |
| Born | 1973 or 1974 (age 49–50)[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Physician Businessperson Farmer |
| Known for | The Fabulous Beekman Boys |
| Spouse | |
Brent Ridge is an American physician, business owner, and reality television participant. He was formerly the Vice President of Healthy Living for
Together with his partner Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Ridge bought in 2007 a 19th-century farm, Beekman Mansion, located in Sharon Springs, New York. The couple launched a business, Beekman 1802, selling products derived from produce raised on the farm.[2]
In 2010, Ridge and Kilmer-Purcell became the stars of
Early life
Ridge grew up in Randleman, NC. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.S in Public Health.
He was accepted into the
After medical school, he completed a residency in Internal Medicine at
Career
After completing his fellowship, he was offered the position of Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at
In 2005, he matriculated at the New York University Stern School of Business and received an MBA.
He returned to Mount Sinai with the title of Director of Clinical Strategy.
He was responsible for working with the famed architect I. M. Pei to design a new center for the care of older adults at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Once the design was complete, he wrote Martha Stewart a letter while she was incarcerated asking her to consider becoming the benefactor of the new center. The Martha Stewart Center for Living was dedicated to Martha Stewart's mother, Martha Kostyra and is now one of the largest centers for the care of older adults in the world.
Martha Stewart subsequently wrote about his entrepreneurial drive in her book, The Martha Rules.
Later career
After opening the Center for Living, Ridge was asked to join Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia as the Vice President for Healthy Living, a new core area of the company devoted to health and wellness, working on developing healthy living initiatives across the companies media and merchandise divisions
In 2008, he was laid off from the company, but remains friends with Stewart who has appeared in several episodes of The Fabulous Beekman Boys.
In 2010,
In 2012, Josh and Ridge competed on Season 21 of CBS's The Amazing Race. The couple were considered underdogs for most of the season, finishing next to last in six out of the last seven legs before ultimately winning the final leg and the $1 million grand prize. The prize enabled Josh to quit his job in NYC and move to the farm with Ridge full-time.
Beekman 1802
After losing his job at MSO during the recession of 2008, Ridge moved to a weekend property he had purchased in Sharon Springs, NY, and launched Beekman 1802, a lifestyle company devoted to seasonal living.
The company produces a wide range of products in the beauty, gourmet foods, home décor and gardening areas. They have had business relationships with retailers such as
The launch of the company was documented in the docu-series, The Fabulous Beekman Boys, which aired for 2 seasons on Discovery Communication's Planet Green channel. When that channel folded, the show was purchased by
The original Beekman 1802 Mercantile on Main Street in Sharon Springs, NY, can still be visited and Ridge can often be seen in the shop when he is not traveling.
In 2011, The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Cookbook,
Academia
In the spring of 2014, Ridge accepted an adjunct faculty position at the State University of New York at Cobleskill.[8] He teaches marketing in the School of Business.
Personal life
Ridge met his husband, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, in 2000 on a website. Josh was the first man that Ridge had ever dated. They were engaged in December 2011. The couple married June 28, 2013.[9]
References
- ^ "Josh and Brent - The Amazing Race Cast Member". CBS.
- ^ "Country Furnishings for City Dwellers (Published 2010)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-04-07.
- ^ "The Fabulous Beekman Boys at Planet Green". Planetgreen.discovery.com. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
- ISBN 978-1402787096.
- ^ "The Beedman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook: 100 Delicious Heritage Recipes from the Farm and Garden". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ Brinegar, Judi (21 January 2014). "That Fabulous Beekman Boy: Brent Ridge finds fame, family in New York". Asheboro, North Carolina: The Courier Tribune. Archived from the original on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ Schenectady Daily Gazette:December 13th, 2021:Schenectady based Beekman 1802 selling majority ownership to European investment group
- ^ "Brent Ridge: Seeing Opportunity in the Face of Challenge and Teaching Coby Students to Do the Same". Archived from the original on 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ^ Takeda, Allison (2013-06-28). "Fabulous Beekman Boys Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Brent Ridge Married!". Usmagazine.com. Retrieved 2013-11-01.