Roy Schwartz is co-founder and CEO at Axios HQ, the world’s first AI-powered internal communications management platform. In HQ’s first two years, Roy guided its spinout from Axios Media — to be a standalone high-growth SaaS startup — and closed HQ’s $20 million Series A. 

He’s also the co-founder of Axios, the award-winning news organization known for its Smart Brevity® writing style. Roy oversaw company strategy and business operation, led Axios through multiple funding rounds, and closed its $525 million acquisition by Cox Enterprises.

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• Roy was the executive producer of Axios’ Emmy Award-winning docu-news series “Axios on HBO.”

• He is also the co-author of Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less, a book that shares the research behind Smart Brevity — and how anyone can be a more effective communicator.

Prior to Axios, Roy was… 

• Politico’s Chief Revenue Officer, scaling the company Axel Springer would later acquire for more than $1 billion.

• Gallup’s Partner in management consulting practice for Washington D.C. and California, advising Fortune 500 companies on employee and customer engagement.