Not your typical Media mogul. Richard Fitzgerald built the first middle east modern digital media network, Augustus Media, proud of a few iconic brands in portfolio, Lovin (Lovin Dubai, Lovin Saudi) and the snackable content channels Smashi. How to do that? Inspiring and engaging a new generation of media and content professionals, Augustus wants to be the media of choice everyone in the region. With a deep understanding of cultural and communications peculiarities Augustus runs fast, while the initiative multiply. Richard is a workhorse, a visionary that is not afraid to say that hard work is the only way to build and grow, through discipline and focus. The triathlon is the language of reference. He would be called modern monk in other contexts. Listen to this amazing story.
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Richard is CEO and Founder of Augustus Media, an award winning modern media company in the UAE and KSA, publishers of Lovin Dubai, Lovin Saudi and Smashi. He has worked in the media advertising space since 2006 at agencies in Ireland, England and the UAE.
He successfully built a regional Social Media department at Mindshare MENA before becoming Managing Director of a creative technology start-up.
In 2015 Richard launched Augustus, a ‘new media’ company, with Lovin Dubai, Lovin Saudi and Smashi TV, and which was recognised as Best SME Company in the 2018 MENA EFFIE Awards. In 2019, they added ODEUM, a content studio.
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