Rodric David

Small Business Owner in Los Angeles, California

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Rodric, an Australian born entrepreneur with years of international private equity experience, is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Thunder Studios and Thunder Gaming. Thunder is a fully integrated emerging digital media company operating in Los Angeles, California that is passionately pursuing opportunities at the intersection of the three categories in which millennial consumers spend 70% of their time on mobile devices; Gaming, Social Media and Entertainment. Thunder Studios, founded in 2013, provides studio and production services to the traditional entertainment industry (feature films, commercials, print advertising, and music videos to name a few), as well as producing original content from its 150,000 square foot production facility on six acres in Long Beach. Thunder Gaming, launched in January 2018, hosts, produces, and broadcasts live esports tournaments and gaming programing from the Thunder Esports Center, a 16,000 square foot permanent live broadcast arena and broadcast stage. The Thunder Esports Center is currently hosting five tournaments per week out of its dedicated arena and welcomes 5,000+ participants per month for competitions from a variety of game publishers. At its ‘Mango’ Smash Bros tournament held in March 2018, Thunder Gaming drew 800+ participants to compete in an influencer led tournament. That competition was broadcast live in multicast across social platforms for over 10 hours and recorded in excess of 8.2 million minutes viewed.Rodric attended the University of Southern California, graduating in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre. In recent years, Rodric has been involved in numerous productions including being the Executive Producer of the films ‘A Fighting Season’, ‘Sweetwater’ and ‘9/11’, as well as the award winning short film ‘Come Swim’ which is Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut. Rodric is actively involved in influencer digital video, particularly esports and gaming, and is the Executive Producer of a range of digital shorts. Rodric is a sought-after guest speaker on the trends in digital and traditional media and has spoken at numerous conferences throughout the USA.

  • Work
    • Thuder Studios
  • Education
    • USC