Adrienne Papp

Adrienne Papp is a Los Angeles-based publisher and editor. She is President and CEO of Atlantic United, a public relations firm that promotes its clients via personalized publicity in various media outlets. Papp is currently the Profile Editor of [http://www.flyingadventures.com Flying Adventures] and the Contributing Editor of [http://www.savoirmag.com Savoir] , [http://www.chictoday.com Chic Today] , [http://www.La2Day.com La2Day] and [http://www.itmagazine.net/home/ It Magazine] where she is also Executive Producer of Educational Media Documentaries. She also writes a column and produces a show called [http://show.chictoday.com/spotlight “Spotlight: Walking the Walk"] at Chic Today, an interactive style and entertainment website. Papp is the Chairman of Public Relations of the William Fox Hungarian Film Club and Atlantic is the official PR and Publicity Company of the Hungarian Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Papp was previously Profile Editor at [http://www.celebstaff.com Celeb Staff] , and Managing Editor of Savoir, a French/American high fashion and lifestyle magazine distributed in America, Canada, Tahiti and France. She has been published in [http://www.celebrity-society.com Celebrity Society] and [http://www.beverlyhillstimesmagazine.com The Beverly Hills Times Magazine] where she was Managing Editor. She also served as the Profile Editor of the [http://www.westsidetoday.com Brentwood Media Group] until December 2006 and wrote cover stories in the News Group’s six regional magazines: Beverly Hills 90210, Malibu Beach, Santa Monica Sun, Brentwood News, Bel-Air View and Pacific Palisades 90272. Some of Adrienne’s cover stories included profiles of Angelina Jolie, Robert Redford, Adrian Pasdar, Lea Thompson, Kathy Ireland, and the late [http://www.parkhurstartgalleries.com Violet Parkhurst] .

Papp was a Guest Professor of Marketing and Advertising at Oxford University’s International Business School. She has built and managed an International Consulting firm in New York City in the fields of health and beauty, high-technology industrial and consumer product marketing and distribution, telecommunication, finance, joint ventures, investment banking, strategic partnerships, and entertainment financial consulting. Investors of her company included The Invus Group, a half a billion-dollar private equity fund in New York City, owner of Weight Watchers, and an Ireland-based holding company with large investments worldwide. She worked in Denmark and Sweden as the Director of Business Development of Copenhagen based software manufacturer and led the company to its current market leader position within one year.

Papp earned her MBA/Economist, Master of Science degree in Europe and completed a post graduate course at New York University (NYU) in 1994 in International Law, Finance and Taxation. She is currently working on her post-graduate degree at UCLA in advertising, marketing and journalism.

Personal life

Born and raised in Northern Hungary, Papp’s father was a mining engineer who was active in local politics. Her mother was an accountant who was also involved in the arts and ran art galleries. She has one younger sister. From an early age, Papp loved literature and read voraciously. She attended one of the two most prestigious high schools in Hungary and later graduated from the well known Corvinus University of Budapest, with an MBA and Master of Science in Economics. She defended her diploma with honors and was offered a Ph.D. An interest in international business and travel led to a job in Copenhagen, working for a computer technology company. However, Papp’s true desire was to go to New York, and two years later an Irish investor sent her there with half a million dollars to start his new company.

She was urged by friends to pursue modeling in her early 20s, though it was only a hobby, as Papp preferred business exploits to photo sessions. She was given her green card when she arrived in the United States on the basis of being considered a “National Treasure,” a status the US government extends to a select few considered an asset to the country. Her company, Atlantic United, is based in Los Angeles and New York and works with select magazines to promote celebrities and high-profile personalities. A self-proclaimed “adrenaline junky,” Papp enjoys multiple death-defying sports, such as ice climbing, rock climbing, and expeditions to remote areas, such as an upcoming two-week trek to the Arctic. Calling herself a true Runaway Bride in the past, Papp has been engaged three times, but never married as of yet.

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External links

* [http://www.adriennepapp.com Official website]
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* [http://show.chictoday.com/spotlight Spotlight - Walking the Walk] Official Show website on Chic Today