SINAN KANATSIZ
FOUNDER/CEO
KCOMM
WHY: Founder of PR firm well-connected in Orange County and nationally. Company has clients from New Frontier startups to well-known Fortune 100 brands. Is also founder and chairman of the Internet Marketing Association, IMA, which has gained over 1M professional members and hosts an annual conference called ‘IMPACT,’ which this year was hosted in Washington D.C., with 17 members of admin including Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgam, and 127 attendees including Keith Strier and Palmer Luckey. Has built impressive network of professionals in Orange County and hosts regular leadership events with his IEC group (200 notable members) and the Orange County United Way MOB (150 notable members).
IN THE NEWS: Has close ties to Trump administration and has hosted several events in Washington D.C. and Mar-a-Lago.
NOTABLE: Appointed Knighthood by the Royal House of Savoy; received the 2019 Ellis Island Medal of Honor for his work with non-profits.
QUOTABLE: “Donald Trump is a businessman and any business owner who doesn’t want to align with this administration will be left in the dark. There’s a general like-minded business in how he wants to run the country. The only way to engage with our nation’s admin is to engage. I am all in to help my network grow, communicate and engage with our administration.”
