Health, Fitness and Career with Datuk Jake Abdullah
"Datuk Jake Abdullah is a veteran in the Malaysian media and entertainment scene with a career spanning over three decades! He is one of the pioneers of Astro where he started his career as a Music director/ Announcer at hitz fm in 1996. He rose from rank and in 2013 was promoted to Chief Executive Officer.
He was seconded between 2012 – 2013 to incept IM4U as CEO; where he successfully launched and executed several initiatives for IM4U.
He has enjoyed regional success with the launch of several award winning stations in Indonesia (Gen FM, JAK FM), India (Aamar FM, Power FM, Red FM) and also was a Board member for Adrep (Astro’s China Radio operations).
Apart from his role at Astro Radio, he also headed Rocketfuel Entertainment (Malaysia’s foremost talent and entertainment management company) which focuses on social influencing, branded content, music and so forth.
In August 2019, he left Astro Radio to join Fave Malaysia (formerly Groupon) as Managing Director. This move was to primarily reinvent himself by immersing in the fast growing fintech/digital/epayment industry. During the start of the Covid19 pandemic, he decided to join Pyjama media as CEO but the unprecedented impact of Covid has a tremendous impact on startups and also the traditional media industry and thus he decided to leave in JAN 2020 and pursue his passions which include fitness as well as initiated a political podcast (OJ CHITCHATS).
In June 2021, he was approached by the Media Prima to spearhead a rebranding and transformation of Ripple Media (Media Prima Audio).
His versatility allows him to reach out to the younger generation and he is a much sought after speaker for leadership (focusing on transformational leadership, customer experience and also human resource).
An avid fitness freak and die-hard Liverpool fan, he is also a popular social influencer for fitness and health enthusiasts in the country.
Datuk Jake holds an MBA from the University of Liverpool and has attended the Harvard Senior Managers Program.
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“Datuk Jake Abdullah is a veteran in the Malaysian media and entertainment scene with a career spanning over three decades! He is one of the pioneers of Astro where he started his career as a Music director/ Announcer at hitz fm in 1996. He rose from rank and in 2013 was promoted to Chief Executive Officer.
He was seconded between 2012 – 2013 to incept IM4U as CEO; where he successfully launched and executed several initiatives for IM4U.
He has enjoyed regional success with the launch of several award winning stations in Indonesia (Gen FM, JAK FM), India (Aamar FM, Power FM, Red FM) and also was a Board member for Adrep (Astro’s China Radio operations).
Apart from his role at Astro Radio, he also headed Rocketfuel Entertainment (Malaysia’s foremost talent and entertainment management company) which focuses on social influencing, branded content, music and so forth.
In August 2019, he left Astro Radio to join Fave Malaysia (formerly Groupon) as Managing Director. This move was to primarily reinvent himself by immersing in the fast growing fintech/digital/epayment industry. During the start of the Covid19 pandemic, he decided to join Pyjama media as CEO but the unprecedented impact of Covid has a tremendous impact on startups and also the traditional media industry and thus he decided to leave in JAN 2020 and pursue his passions which include fitness as well as initiated a political podcast (OJ CHITCHATS).
In June 2021, he was approached by the Media Prima to spearhead a rebranding and transformation of Ripple Media (Media Prima Audio).
His versatility allows him to reach out to the younger generation and he is a much sought after speaker for leadership (focusing on transformational leadership, customer experience and also human resource).
An avid fitness freak and die-hard Liverpool fan, he is also a popular social influencer for fitness and health enthusiasts in the country.
Datuk Jake holds an MBA from the University of Liverpool and has attended the Harvard Senior Managers Program.
Wondering who are we? BrioHR is a truly all-in-one HR software that built for hardworking human resource personnels and business owners to ease their daily routine endless task so they can focus on people. Streamline recruitment, leave, payroll, performance management, and more with BrioHR today. Find out more: http://www.briohr.com”
