Zoltan Vardy (USA)

Zoltan A. Vardy, 40, is a US-born and educated investor, advisor and board member with 20 years of experience in the international media & entertainment industry, and an expertise in advertising-funded businesses, content production and distribution, digital media and Central & Eastern Europe.

As founder of Mentor Equity, Zoltan advises VC firms and companies operating in the technology, media and advertising industries in transactions, co-invests in early-stage businesses and supports portfolio companies via board membership and CEO coaching. He is an investor in Adfit (www.adfit.hu), a Central European invoice marketing services company.

Zoltan was CEO/Central European TV at Pro SiebenSat1 Media, where he was responsible for 100 mil EUR revenues and three TV channels and a production company in Hungary and Romania. Zoltan has held executive positions at Ringier (Budapest), Turner Broadcasting (London), CBS (Los Angeles) and SBS Broadcasting (Amsterdam). He co-founded and sold eEurope Media, a Central European internet media company.

Zoltan teaches “Entrepreneurship in Media & Entertainment” at the Corvinus School of Management’s MBA program in Budapest. He is an advisory board member of Primus Capital (Budapest), and is a graduate of Cornell University.