Ashley Bell
Ashley Bell is CEO and board chair of Redemption Holding Co.
Ashley Bell is a Georgia-based attorney and political adviser who currently serves as CEO and board chair of Redemption Holding Co., the Black-led investment group negotiating an acquisition expected to create – pending regulatory approval – the only Black-owned bank between Houston and Los Angeles.
Ashley, a corporate finance attorney, is also the founder and CEO of Ready Life, the fintech startup creating a new path to homeownership without credit scores, and a frequent collaborator with Dr. Bernice A. King, CEO of the King Center and the youngest child of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.
The pair’s production company, Ready Entertainment, inked a seven-figure deal with P3 Media in April 2023, and fewer than four months later, Ashley announced a formal partnership with Earn Your Leisure, the revolutionary media platform created to boost financial literacy in the Black community.
Ashley’s legal expertise spans public policy, business and banking, and he is the former White House policy advisor for entrepreneurship and innovation in the Office of American Innovation. In 2018, he was tapped to lead the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Southeast Region.
Ashley also co-founded the National Black Bank Foundation alongside King, and serves as founder and executive director of the 20/20 Bipartisan Justice Center, which is dedicated to criminal justice reform.
Expertise: banking; entrepreneurship; generational wealth; public policy; business
Please direct media inquiries for Ashley Bell to info@yourwinningmargins.com.
Relevant links
Washington Post: Black investors see purchase of Utah bank as a civil rights victory
Atlanta Biz Journal: Bernice King, Ashley Bell buy bank to boost opportunities for Black home buyers and entrepreneurs.
Banking Dive: Black banks have dwindled in number, but a new one’s coming
Wall Street Journal: As Black-Owned Banks Steadily Fade Away, Investors Step In to Form One
Governing: Black Banks in Atlanta Continue as Bastion of Fiscal Strength
Black Enterprise: Ready Life Advisors Montel Williams, Dr. Bernice A. King and Ashley D. Bell Co-Host National Town Hall on Homeownership
Variety: Ashley D. Bell Announces Ready Entertainment Production Company
American Banker: Black entrepreneurs take aim at racial wealth gap by starting mortgage fintech