Award-Winning Marketer, Entrepreneur & Architect of NextGen Entertainment Companies; Co-Founder of Sugaberry

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Thai Randolph Biography

Thai Randolph has built her career at the intersection of content, commerce, and community. An award-winning marketer, business leader and architect of a next-generation entertainment company, Randolph has been named to Variety’s "Women of Impact" list, Entrepreneur’s "Women of Impact" list, AdAge’s "40 Under 40" list, Variety’s Silicon Valleywood Impact Report, Create and Cultivate 100’s Entrepreneurs List, Cynopsis’ It List, Cynopsis’ "Top Women in Media," and Multichannel News Wonder Women in Streaming “Women to Watch.”

Most recently, Randolph led the deal that merged Kevin Hart’s two entertainment companies, Hartbeat Productions and Laugh Out Loud (LOL), to form the global, multi-platform media company HARTBEAT. To fuel the company’s growth, Randolph raised a $100M investment from private equity firm Abry Partners, in what was one of the biggest ever fund raises led by a Black woman in the U.S.

She then led the entity as CEO, having previously held positions as President & COO of Laugh Out Loud and COO of HartBeat Productions. In her role at LOL, Randolph brought top-tier entertainment, brand, and distribution partners into the company, growing it from its original AVOD vision to a full-service business with an expansive distribution network, marketing, experiential, branded content, digital, and social capabilities. She co-led Laugh Out Loud’s capital raise and partnership deal with NBCUniversal’s Peacock, structured the deal that brought LOL’s Comedy in Color franchise (featuring 300 diverse comedians from 30 different countries) to the Just for Laughs Festival, expanded LOL Audio’s offerings by partnering with Simon & Schuster to bring the franchise to audiobook format, and expanded LOL’s programming on SiriusXM/Pandora.

In 2021, Randolph led the launch of Women Write Now — a first-of-its-kind screenwriting fellowship developed in partnership with the Sundance Institute and LOL (now HARTBEAT) to champion the next generation of black women in comedy through mentorship, advocacy, production, and exhibition. Continuing her mission to carve out spaces for overlooked yet influential voices in the industry, Randolph and co-founder and actress Tika Sumpter also launched Sugaberry in March 2020, an audio-first media company for and by Black women.

Prior to her current roles, Randolph was a member of Facebook’s Global Marketing Solutions team, where she managed strategic partnerships and digital transformation initiatives with some of the most innovative marketing and technology agencies in the US. Randolph also served as CMO & SVP, Marketing for Sony DADC New Media Solution’s GENERATOR business unit. Randolph was named one of Black Enterprise’s "Leading Women in Advertising and Marketing" in 2016 for her work transforming Sony Music’s direct-to-consumer (DTC) digital group from an internal cost center to an independent digital marketing and ecommerce service provider.

A seasoned agency executive, Randolph’s past experience also includes digital leadership roles with WPP (VML) and Publicis (Moxie Interactive) agencies, where she provided new media strategy and consultation to world-class brands including Verizon Wireless, Dell, Saks Fifth Avenue, Colgate-Palmolive and Revlon.

Randolph is frequently invited to speak as an industry thought leader at high profile events such as Advertising Week, BANFF World Media Festival, SXSW, CES, Digiday’s Content Marketing Summit, Sundance, Cannes Lions Festival, The Wrap’s TheGrill, Variety’s Inclusion and Entertainment Summits, Future of Television Conference, Digital Entertainment World, Adobe’s Digital Marketing Conference, YouTube's Publisher Summit, Cynopsis’ Big TV Conference, and Streaming Media East, among others.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 07/03/2025.

Thai Randolph Speaking Topics

  • DEI: Building Businesses That Are ‘Diverse by Design’

    Former CEO of global media company HARTBEAT Thai Randolph has built her career at the intersection of content, commerce, and community, and offers significant insights and actionable strategies in this talk about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, which can focus on any of these topics:

    • Women in Business
    • Commerce In Color – Speaking to the “New Majority Minority” and shifting global and U.S. demographics that see people of color wielding more and more influence and buying power
    • Raising Capital as a Women of Color
    • Investing in Minority-Owned/Led Businesses
    • Importance of Representation: In the Board Room, C-suite, and in front of and behind the camera

  • Business: Navigating Disruption to Build Purpose-Driven Businesses

    Business leader Thai Randolph – former CEO of global media company HARTBEAT – offers vital takeaways on an array of business topics in this customizable talk. From using improv as a framework for business decision-making, to navigating disruption, to building a purpose-driven business that pursues purpose as well as profits, and beyond. Topics can include:

    • Improv as a framework for business decision-making
    • Navigating disruption – lessons from the entertainment industry that apply everywhere
    • Building purpose-driven businesses (pursuing purpose and profits)
    • Branding/Marketing
    • Balancing
    • Women of Color in Private Equity
    • Women In Entertainment
    • Creative Differences – as a pathway to innovation

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Thai Randolph Videos

Thai Randolph on Finding the Value in What Makes Us Human

Thai Randolph on Finding the Value in What Makes Us Human

On this episode of Redefining Work, I’m joined by Thai Randolph, media executive, entrepreneur and co-founder at Hartbeat. Join us as we dive into...

Hartbeat CEO, Thai Randolph: People are Brands, Brands are People | Podcast

Hartbeat CEO, Thai Randolph: People are Brands, Brands are People | Podcast

Thai Randolph, CEO of Hartbeat, joins Suzy Founder and CEO Matt Britton on the latest episode of The Speed of Culture podcast in collaboration with...

HARTBEAT's Thai Randolph In The C Space Studio – CES 2023

HARTBEAT's Thai Randolph In The C Space Studio – CES 2023

HARTBEAT's Thai Randolph joins James Kotecki in the CES C Space Studio to discuss her teams approach to talent in the industry and advertising trends...

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Thai Randolph is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as DEI: Building Businesses That Are ‘Diverse by Design’, Business: Navigating Disruption to Build Purpose-Driven Businesses, The Next Big Shifts in Our Economy and Motivation with Thai Randolph. The estimated speaking fee range to book Thai Randolph for your event is available upon request. Thai Randolph generally travels from and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Denise Woodard, Avni Patel Thompson, Jennifer Borrero, Jasmine Crowe-Houston and Nancy Twine. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Thai Randolph for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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