CEO and Founder
Inc|RWB Media
Raymond Braun is a media personality, social influencer and the Founder of RWB Media, Inc. He has been named a Forbes 30 Under 30 “All Star”, one of MTV’s “Social Stars to Watch in 2016,” one of the 100 most influential LGBT people in the world (OUT 100 by OUT magazine), iMedia’s top 25 Marketing Leaders and Innovators, Pride.com’s “67 Young Queer People Who Are Changing the World,” and Seventeen magazine’s “Fave Feel Good Message” of the year. In 2015, Raymond founded RWB Media, a consultancy focused on social media, politics, and LGBTQ engagement, which counts several Fortune 500 companies and leading global non-profits as clients, including Google, Inc. He is an active supporter and social media advocate for the Human Rights Campaign, The Trevor Project, GLAAD, and the Los Angeles LGBT Center, among others. One example of Raymond’s work in this space is that he consulted with the Human Rights Campaign on executing their viral #LoveWins campaign, culminating in the Supreme Court's marriage equality victory. #LoveWins was one of the top trending hashtags of 2015 and became the hashtag symbol for the marriage equality victory. Prior to starting his own company, Raymond worked at YouTube where he originated their LGBTQ marketing and community engagement strategy. In addition to his business leadership, Raymond has travelled the world to report on political and social movements, and to encourage young people to get involved with politics and LGBTQ advocacy. This included flying to Ireland to cover their marriage equality referendum and being on the ground at the United States Supreme Court, reporting on all the developments for the historic marriage equality case.