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Richard D. Titus

Richard D. Titus

Serial entrepreneur and CEO focused on technology and innovation

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California, USA
Joined April 2025
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Summary

Serial entrepreneur and product leader who repeatedly launches and scales technology ventures across media, consumer electronics, and software. Titus has founded or co-founded multiple companies (including Kimono, Prompt.ly, Ark/ARK Advisors, Razorfish-linked {tag} media and Schematic) and has a track record of exits and long-running involvement in startup investing and advising. medium+2
Experienced leader in digital transformation for large organizations, having led product, UX and future media efforts at the BBC (iPlayer, BBC mobile), served as CEO of Associated Northcliffe Digital (DMGT), and led customer product experience at Samsung Electronics — combining startup speed with enterprise-scale product execution. theguardian+2
Active investor, advisor and mentor in emerging technologies — especially blockchain, AI/ML and deep-tech — with operational experience running a blockchain advisory and fund (ARK) and ongoing advisory roles (Transform Group, Creative Destruction Lab fellow/mentor). transformgroup+2
Creative producer and technologist with roots in the music and film industries; brings storytelling and creative judgment to product and industry-shaping work (film production including Who Killed the Electric Car?, early music‑industry engineering roles, and work on digital media properties). forbes+1

Work

Projects

Writing

British Tech Icon (BBC/DMGT) and Former Samsung Exec: Quietly Returning to SoCal with His 20th Startup After 30 Years

August 1, 2024

Personal essay announcing return to startups and introduction of Kimono (his 20th venture), describing career highlights and plans for Kimono's product and pre-product fundraising.

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Going out on top… my departure from Samsung Electronics

March 1, 2017

First-person account of his time at Samsung Electronics, describing product and people wins, the firm's challenges, cultural and geographic frictions, and reasons for his departure.

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Hobbies

Music — plays cello and bass and has a background in the music industry. forbes

Snowboarding and yoga. medium