Biography
Tibor Krsko is a Hungarian producer, publisher, businessman, co-owner of the HG Media Group. Krsko is known primarily for his strategic thinking, innovative approach, and his successes in building companies and brands. His interests range from the tobacco industry to commerce, cinema, media and events. In 1997, he opened the Cigar Tower store together with Csaba Csetényi to establish and promote cigar culture in Hungary. He launched the culture and luxury lifestyle magazine Hamu és Gyémánt in 1998. As a producer, he has worked with leading figures in the film industry, including Andy Vajna, Robert Lantos, Clive Owen, Tim Roth, Ennio Morricone, Daniel Craig and Giancarlo Giannini. Together with Robert Lantos, he is a producer of Hungary's largest ever film and television project, Rise of the Raven (Hunyadi) TV series, which is intended for the international market and is being made in partnership with the Hungarian National Film Institute and Beta Film. He is the founder and co-owner of the HG Media Group, the largest privately owned content marketing agency in Central Europe. The agency has a continuously expanding events and media portfolio, and since 1998 has played a major role in the regional custom publishing market, as well as in print, digital and audiovisual media. The HG Media Group works together with the largest domestic and international organisations in the fields of marketing and commerce. From its inception, the agency's clients and partners have included both major private companies (MOL, OTP Bank, Audi Hungaria Zrt., Porsche Hungaria and Spar Magyarország), and public administrative bodies. Krsko has worked on numerous EU communication campaigns, including Think Hungary - More than Expected, a short film commissioned by the Hungarian National Tourist Office. The work won first prize in the UNWTO Tourism Video Competition and the Silver Dolphin award at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards in 2015. Krsko is also the founder and owner of the global communications agency Cathay Communication, which has a presence in 88 countries. Tibor Krsko's name is associated with one of Europe's leading Christmas markets: he founded and operates Budapest's Advent at the Basilica, which was chosen as the best Christmas market on the continent in 2020, 2022 and 2023 by the independent travel portal European Best Destinations. His company also began organising the Vörösmarty Classic Xmas in Vörösmarty Square in 2022. In 2020, an event series was developed in Budapest to mark 20 August, St Stephen's Day, based on Krsko's concept, with accompanying events that have attracted millions of people. He has been the main organiser ever since. With his colleagues, he created and now runs BalloonFly, a hot air balloon excursion company in Budapest's City Park.
