Andy Russell

Andy Russell (born 1971) is an American businessman in digital media, ad tech, and marketing tech. Over the past 17 years, Andy has invested in, incubated, or run over 50 technology companies. He is the founder and CEO of Trigger Media, an operating company focused on launching new digital social, ad tech, and marketing tech businesses. He is also the founder and former chairman of InsideHook and Host Committee (which later became Fevo). Russell is a founding partner at Bob Pittman's private equity firm Pilot Group. Russell and Empact Collaboration Platform partnered with the Executive Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to develop a collaborative platform for the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Climate Change. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called for the launch of this collaborative platform to the world at the opening session of the General Assembly in September 2016.