Avi Savar has helped the world’s leading organizations drive change by leveraging digital as a transformative force to build and grow their brands.
In 2004, Avi founded Big Fuel, a global digital marketing agency, which he would grow from a one-man shop to a dominant industry leader with over 130 employees worldwide. Over the next decade, Big Fuel consulted with the world’s leading brands, including American Express, GM, Budweiser, Samsung, Gatorade, Colgate-Palmolive, Fisher-Price, Weight Watchers, AFLAC, T-Mobile, Carnival Cruises, and more. Big Fuel was acquired by the Publicis Groupe in 2011.
In 2014 Avi established Savar Ventures, an advisory and investment firm, and also joined venture capital firm Dreamit, where he currently serves as Partner and Board Director. Most recently, he was named President of the consumer intelligence platform Suzy™ in 2018.
Avi continues to be a leading expert who consults technologies, business transformation, and corporate innovation. Avi continues to be a leading expert who consults and speaks globally on digital strategy, disruptive technologies, business transformation, and corporate innovation. He is the author of Content to Commerce (published by Wiley) and was named the inaugural President of the Cannes Lions Branded Content Jury in 2010. He is an active advisor and investor in several media and technology companies and currently sits on the advisory boards of American Express, DCP Midstream, and AgAge’s Publisher’s Council.