Here are the most influential people in the Hungarian media

CEO of RTL, Gabriella Vidus is the most influential person in the Hungarian media, writes hvg.hu. The list is composed by Marketing&Media every year. Dirk Gerkens, current CEO of TV2 reappeared on the list, and so did István Száraz, director of New Wave Media, which owns Origo and vs.hu, and was involved in the scandal surrounding the Hungarian National Bank  (MNB).

There have been many changes in the world of the Hungarian media recently, and  almost 40% of the people have changed. This is the first time that Andy Vajna, owner of TV2, is on the list, and he opened by taking second place. Former leader Dirk Gerkens is also back  and took ninth place as CEO of TV2.

Gabriella Vidus, former sales director and current CEO of RTL, kept her place as the most influential person in the Hungarian media.

Árpád Habony, director of Modern Media Group, is the third most influential person. Zoltán Varga, owner-CEO of Central Media Group is fourth, while József Bayer, CEO of Ringier Axel Springer is fifth.

It’s the first time that Csaba Lukács, managing director of Atmedia, is on the list, taking seventh place, and Christopher Mattheisen kept his eight place. Managing director of MEC Hungary is ranked tenth place.