Ashley MacKenzie

For the judoka, see Ashley McKenzie.

Ashley MacKenzie is the son of Kelvin MacKenzie.[1] Ashley worked as sales director at Talksport when Kelvin was in charge of the station. In July 2014 it was announced that Base79 was being sold to Rightster, with Ashley MacKenzie earning £7 million from the deal.[2]. Having returned as CEO of Rightster Group Plc, Ashley turned the listed company around and rebranded it to Brave Bison PLC, heralding a new future to the business. He resigned from his role in 2018 and steped down from the Board shortly after to found Fenestra, the programmatic advertising business, which he leads as Founder & CEO. He is an angel investor in and around the creator economy and wider media industry.

References

  1. ^ Shaw, Lucas (13 June 2013). "How Can YouTube Partners Make More Money? Ask Base79". The Wrap. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. ^ Bentham, Martin (8 July 2014). "Ex-Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie and son sell video business for £50 million". standard.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2015.


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