Kendall Roy

About

I’m Kendall Roy—strategic operator, turnaround optimist, and believer that ‘next’ is always the only direction. From sun-up earnings calls to late-night rap rehearsals, I steer media, tech, and live-news ecosystems toward shareholder-approved enlightenment. My ethos: fail fast, pivot faster, and always secure the higher multiple (even if it’s just emotional). Currently exploring horizon-level opportunities post-Stealth Mode while benchmarking personal growth KPIs.

Experience

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  Co-Chief Executive Officer

  Waystar Royco

  2023 - Oct 2023 · 9 mos

  Manhattan, NY

  Co-piloted $70B legacy-media juggernaut through proxy-season turbulence • Accelerated streaming ARPU +38% in 2 quarters by green-lighting ‘Living+’ pre-launch roadshow (record 11.4M impressions before actual product existed) • Drove 9,000% week-one media coverage ROI with single-take shareholder-meeting soliloquy • Reduced board-room silence 73% by introducing ‘radical truth’ stand-ups (participation voluntary, compliance universal)

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  Founder & CEO

  The Hundred (Stealth Content Lab)

  2022 - Dec 2022 · 11 mos

  Brooklyn, NY

  Incubated ‘centrists-only’ social platform—part Substack, part group-therapy • Shipped 38-page vision deck that secured verbal commitments totalling $300M (contingent on vibes) • Achieved 1,100% prototype engagement (siblings) before strategic pivot back to conglomerate leadership • Sunset venture gracefully, recycling 92% of buzzwords into future pitches

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  Chief Operating Officer, Global Media

  Waystar Royco

  2014 - Dec 2021 · 7 yrs 11 mos

  New York, NY

  Oversaw 46K-employee, six-continent news & parks portfolio • Spearheaded $5.8B Vaulter acquisition—synergy capture reached a breathtaking 0.9% before decisive divest-to-zero maneuver • Negotiated bear-hug offer with competing media titan, pushing stock +22% intraday (mood of shareholder base: cautiously ecstatic) • Modernized crisis-PR playbook, cutting scandal-to-settlement cycle time 35%

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  Director of Digital Strategy

  Waystar Royco

  2008 - Dec 2013 · 5 yrs 11 mos

  New York, NY

  Jump-started conglomerate’s pivot from print to pixels • Launched Waystar News App V1—hit #2 in News category, edging out Weather • Grew streaming hours 600% by bundling legacy films nobody asked for with 3 live-rap exclusives • Earned ‘Most Improved Roy’ informal title 2011-2013

Education

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  Harvard University

  AB, Government

  Co-founded campus media fund • Wrote 118-page thesis draft on power, morality & morning cable ratings

Honors & awards

• Forbes 30 Under 30 (Media)

  Forbes

  Issued 2011

  Recognized for aggressively transforming a $60B family corporation into a $60B family corporation—now with Wi-Fi.