Christiaan Kröner is the President of FUGA, the world’s leading B2B music distribution, marketing and technology business and division of Downtown Music.
Kröner was a founding member of one of the first crowdfunding platforms for music, SellaBand, before joining FUGA’s Amsterdam headquarters in 2012 where he has been instrumental in leading and developing the company’s marketing services and licensing and royalty accounting departments; overseeing a more than 30% increase of staff since 2021 and new business hubs launched in APAC, LATAM, Nordics and GSA. Kröner has also twice been recognised in the Billboard International Power Player list 2022 + 2023 and Indie Power Players list in 2023.
Kröner shares his insight into the world of distribution, its ever-evolving challenges and what it takes to run a market-changing business.