Kai Wright

Kai leads high-visibility projects that require entrepreneurial thinking, influence & persuasion, a futurist mindset, and being culturally plugged-in.

As an executive, he has been recognized as a leader by Forbes, Adweek, Cablefax, and the Advertising Research Foundation. In addition to serving as a current advisor to Fortune 100 clients, he is a lecturer at Columbia University.

Most recently, Kai served on management teams as a vice president in media & entertainment at cable television channel REVOLT TV, founded by Sean Diddy Combs, as well as at talent management company Atom Factory, which then represented artists including Meghan Trainor, Charlie Puth, Miguel and John Legend. Prior, he worked agency-side executing programs for Bank of America, HP, McDonald's, Bacardi, and L’Oreal.

Kai earned a masters from Columbia University and bachelors from The University of Chicago.

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