Batzaya Batsaikhan

Mongolia

Mr. Batzaya Batsaikhan is the co-founder and CEO of Unread Media, a hybrid media company focused on empowering the next generation through disruptive storytelling and experiences. He is also a partner at Arvis Publishing, an independent non-fiction publishing house dedicated to inspiring positive social change. Simultaneously, from 2014-19, Mr. Batsaikhan worked as the CEO of Batu Digital, an award-winning digital product agency that builds immersive brands, apps, websites and experiences. He has more than ten years of experience in building and managing numerous successful innovative startups as well as digital products and services. Mr. Batsaikhan was named to Forbes Mongolia 30 Under 30 in 2015. He is passionate about taking an interdisciplinary approach to tackle complex social problems in emerging markets through media, entrepreneurship and innovation. Mr. Batsaikhan holds an interdisciplinary MSc degree in Human Computer Interaction from Iowa State University with a dissertation on “Design and Evaluation of a Persuasive Technology Application for Social Behavior Change” (2014) and a BSc degree in Information Technology Management from Mongolian University of Science and Technology (2010). He is a Fulbright Scholar and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community.