Ira Riklis has invested in many different businesses. According to this source, he has invested in an Internet-service provider, a hedge-fund consolidation company, a ladies-clothing designer and marketer, a ski-equipment rental chain, and various real estate partnerships with an emphasis on strip-shopping centers.
So Ira’s interest in skiing extends to his business life (or did). What about Diana Riklis? She uses her degree in education and has a firm belief in community giving and the well-being of children. They both support political and religious causes. She teaches and is a member of the board of the Ramaz School, a private school. She’s a member of the executive committee of the Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York.
She is also an active member of the education and community-services affiliations-review committee of the UJA-Federation of New York. Also the United Jewish Appeal’s committee for early-childhood education, and most recently, the Rose Biller endowment-fund committee. She also sits on New York’s Mt. Sinai Hospital Children’s Foundation board.
Ira Riklis and his wife are both active in many different business, educational, artistic, political and religious issues and causes.