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Sanoma Budapest CEO, Mr Gyorgy Szabo

The prestigious list, compiled for the first time in Hungary's media history, was topped by RTL Klub Television CEO Dirk Gerkens. Sanoma Budapest CEO György Szabó was put in 3rd position. Miklós Ómolnár, the Editor-in-Chief of Sanoma Budapest?s weekly celebrity magazines Story and Best became 26^th, while Sanoma Budapest Deputy CEO Nóra Ruszkai was placed in 33^rd position.

Marketing&Media selected Sanoma Budapest CEO György Szabó as Hungary's third most influential media personality. He has been working in magazine publishing since 1992, starting as CFO of Erasmus Press, the predecessor of Sanoma Budapest. Under Szabó?s leadership, Sanoma Budapest has become one of the largest publishing houses in Hungary.

The magazine that compiled the Top 50, Marketing&Media, is published by Sanoma Budapest. However, the Top 50 was selected independently from the publishing house. Fifteen members of the magazine?s editorial advisory committee - all of them acknowledged professionals in various fields of Hungarian media, advertising, communications and higher education - and three members of the editorial team have selected the candidates. They were ranked according to three criteria: the size of the business under their influence, the extent of their opinions affecting media trends, and the period in which they have been playing a leading role in Hungarian media.