Rich Fogarty Founder and Publisher, Concrete Playground
Rich Fogarty is the founder & director of Concrete Playground. With editions in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland and Wellington, Concrete Playground is a digital city guide publication that reaches over 800,000 readers a month, counting brands like Corona, Mercedes-Benz, Converse, MasterCard, Red Bull, Telstra, Toyota and Campari as content partners and advertisers. Rich also recently co-founded Downtown Drive-In, a pop-up drive-in cinema event hosted over five sold-out nights at Sydney’s Carriageworks.
Previously, Rich worked at Anomaly New York – judged by Fast Company as one of the 25 Most Innovative Companies in the World – where he helped shape global marketing strategies for Converse, Jawbone and Virgin America.Rich is a keen surfer and skier, recently surviving a bumpy ride down the side of a Swiss mountain courtesy of an unsolicited avalanche.