Roy Schwartz
Roy Schwartz is the Co-founder and President of Axios, a media company launched in 2017 with Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen. Roy is the former Chief Revenue Officer for POLITICO the digital media company that upended and forever changed political and policy journalism in Washington, New York, and Europe. Schwartz was featured in the 2015 FOLIO 100 as a "Corporate Catalyst" and by the Washington Business Journal in 2015 "40 under 40". He is an expert in digital media, business, and strategy, and is a frequent speaker at media conferences including SWSW, Min Folio, Digital East, Interactive Media Conference, etc.
Biography
Roy Schwartz was born in Haifa, Israel (born December 5, 1975) and at age 3 moved to London, England where he grew up until the age of 16. Roy's family then moved to the United States and settled in Rockville, Maryland where he attended Wooten High School for his senior year. Roy graduated from the University of Maryland where he earned a BA degree in Marketing and an MBA with a concentration in Entrepreneurship.
Roy began his career at MCI Worldcom and then went on to be a Partner at Gallup for 6 years in the Washington DC and Los Angeles offices. After leaving Gallup. Roy moved back to the Washington DC area and joined POLITICO in its early stages. Roy was the Chief Revenue Officer at POLITICO and under his leadership, POLITICO expanded beyond its Washington roots into other national markets and Europe. He took POLITICO from an 80% print driven business to an 80% digital driven business and increased its total revenue seven-fold. He was also the Co-founder and architect of POLITICO's high-end subscription business POLITICO Pro, which now represents nearly 50% of POLITICO's revenue. In 2016, Roy left POLITICO and Co-founded Axios with former Politico's Jim Vandehei and Mike Allen.
Roy is married to Kelly Schwartz and they have two sons, Hudson and Landon.
Biography
Roy Schwartz was born in Haifa, Israel (born December 5, 1975) and at age 3 moved to London, England where he grew up until the age of 16. Roy's family then moved to the United States and settled in Rockville, Maryland where he attended Wooten High School for his senior year. Roy graduated from the University of Maryland where he earned a BA degree in Marketing and an MBA with a concentration in Entrepreneurship.
Roy began his career at MCI Worldcom and then went on to be a Partner at Gallup for 6 years in the Washington DC and Los Angeles offices. After leaving Gallup. Roy moved back to the Washington DC area and joined POLITICO in its early stages. Roy was the Chief Revenue Officer at POLITICO and under his leadership, POLITICO expanded beyond its Washington roots into other national markets and Europe. He took POLITICO from an 80% print driven business to an 80% digital driven business and increased its total revenue seven-fold. He was also the Co-founder and architect of POLITICO's high-end subscription business POLITICO Pro, which now represents nearly 50% of POLITICO's revenue. In 2016, Roy left POLITICO and Co-founded Axios with former Politico's Jim Vandehei and Mike Allen.
Roy is married to Kelly Schwartz and they have two sons, Hudson and Landon.
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