Fabrizio Moreira
{{Short description|Ecuadorian politician and businessman}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Fabrizio Moreira
| image = File:Fabrizio Moreira Studio.jpg
| title =
| party = Social Christian Party
| birth_name = Fabrizio Moreira
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|1|18}}
| birth_place = Manta, Manabi, Ecuador
| residence = New York, New York, U.S.
| alma_mater = Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabi
| spouse = Maryna Krupin
| children = Nikolas Moreira, Nikita Krupin
| occupation = Talent Agent
| profession = Businessman
| known_for = Entrepreneurship, social media, angel investing, Music, Songwriting, Production, Politics
| website = [http://FabrizioMoreira.com/ Fabrizio Moreira]
| signature = Signatureblack.png
}}
Fabrizio Moreira (born January 18, 1982, in Manta, Manabi, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian politician and businessman.{{Cite web|last=Sociales|date=2019-07-29|title=Fabrizio Moreira, un ecuatoriano que se arriesgó por la industria musical en Estados Unidos|url=https://ww2.elmercurio.com.ec/2019/07/29/fabrizio-moreira-un-ecuatoriano-que-se-arriesgo-por-la-industria-musical-en-estados-unidos/|access-date=2020-06-19|website=Diario El Mercurio|language=es|archive-date=June 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619225226/https://ww2.elmercurio.com.ec/2019/07/29/fabrizio-moreira-un-ecuatoriano-que-se-arriesgo-por-la-industria-musical-en-estados-unidos/|url-status=dead}} He currently resides in the United States after he fled as a political dissident against the former government of Rafael Correa in Ecuador. He is owner of the record label VIP Music Records, best known for managing the bookings of the rapper Soulja Boy from 2013 to 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRv3N9XUNX4|title=YouTube|website=YouTube}} He is also a dual LARAS / NARAS Grammy voting member and international speaker.
Career
Moreira is a former member of the Network of Young Leaders of the Inter-American Development Bank, which has participated in complaints and investigations against drug trafficking{{Cite web|url=http://www.eluniverso.com/2010/10/18/1/1447/empacadoras-casas-utilizadas-almacenar-carga-droga.html|title=El Universo|website=|date=October 18, 2010 }} and contract killings{{Cite web|url=http://www.eluniverso.com/2009/01/01/1/1447/AB98A84AD3014C75B34F87A455D78C63.html|title=El Universo|website=|date=January 2009 }} for the periodical El Universo in Ecuador. He promoted freedom of speech, free trade, and training activities in Ecuador with the participation of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. He has also served as national representative of the nongovernmental organization CIT Ecuador (Fundación Coordinadora por la Inversión y el Trabajo).{{Cite web|url=http://www.aragonliberal.es/noticias/noticia.asp?notid=12997&menu=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113151453/http://www.aragonliberal.es/noticias/noticia.asp?notid=12997&menu=4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-01-13 |title=Aragon Liberal }}
He is a former candidate and a councilor for the Social Christian Party{{Cite web |url=http://www.ciudadaniainformada.com/fileadmin/Flash/ruta_electoral/DOCUMENTOS/MANABI/CONCEJALES_URBANOS_MANABI_-MANTA.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 24, 2012 |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060423/http://www.ciudadaniainformada.com/fileadmin/Flash/ruta_electoral/DOCUMENTOS/MANABI/CONCEJALES_URBANOS_MANABI_-MANTA.pdf |url-status=dead }} in Manta.
Moreira used his experience in advertising, public relations and promotional services to assist in the political campaigns of several like minded politicians, including Edgar Jara (candidate for president of Ecuador), Otto Pérez Molina (former constitutional president of Guatemala), and Susana Gonzalez (former leader in the Ecuadorian senate) through social media marketing.
= The Moreira Organization =
Fabrizio is the chairman of The Moreira Organization LLC,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Moreira Organization/The LLC|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1435664D:US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-19|website=www.bloomberg.com}} a communications and creative media agency. in 2017 the company was awarded by Inc Magazine as one of the Most Fasted Growing{{Cite web|title=The Moreira Organization|url=https://www.inc.com/profile/the-moreira-organization|access-date=2020-06-19|website=Inc.com}} private companies in the United States.
= VIP Music Records =
Moreira founded the record label VIP Music Records and Fabrizio's Talent Agency with the goal of building a pop culture platform that can be used to give media attention to political causes he cares about.
= Secret Hit Music =
In August 2018,{{Cite magazine|date=2019-05-29|title=VIP Music Records' Secret Hits Keeps In-House Team for Entire Creative Process|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8513656/vip-music-records-secret-hits-creative-process-interview-business|access-date=2020-06-19|magazine=Billboard}} founded a platform called Secret Hit Music.{{Cite web|date=2020-03-04|title=BMI and VIP Music Records' Secret Hit Host Songwriting Camp in New York|url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/bmi-and-vip-music-records-secret-hit-host-songwriting-camp-in-new-york|access-date=2020-06-19|website=BMI.com|language=en}} The platform gathers a team that combines the intuition of new talent and producers with songwriters that eventually has reach many countries in Latin America,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=February 27, 2022|title=Cazador de talentos cuenta por qué la industria musical tiene sus ojos puestos en Colombia|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2022/02/27/cazador-de-talentos-cuenta-por-que-la-industria-musical-tiene-sus-ojos-puestos-en-colombia|website=www.infobae.com}}{{Cite web|date=2020-05-26|title=Fabrizio Moreira Discusses His Youth, Secret Hit Music, and Penning Multi-Platinum Hits|url=https://v13.net/2020/05/fabrizio-moreira-discusses-his-youth-secret-hit-music-and-penning-multi-platinum-hits/|access-date=2020-06-19|website=V13.net|language=en-CA}} as a platform for upcoming songwriters and producers, having their first songwriting camp in collaboration with Broadcast Music, Inc.{{Cite web|date=2020-03-04|title=BMI and VIP Music Records' Secret Hit Host Songwriting Camp in New York|url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/bmi-and-vip-music-records-secret-hit-host-songwriting-camp-in-new-york|access-date=2021-09-11|website=.bmi.com|language=en-CA}}
Political views
Moreira is a member of Ecuador's Social Christian Party and has a libertarian political ideology. In his political career, he has promoted ideas of free market policies and entrepreneurship.{{cite web|url=http://www.ecuadorinmediato.com/Noticias/news_user_view/ecuadorinmediato_noticias--95813 |title=El Telegrafo (Guayaquil) Desempleo pone a prueba al Gobierno y a Empresarios |publisher=Ecuadorinmediato |accessdate=27 August 2014}}
In 2008, he was accused{{cite web|url=http://www.ecuadorinmediato.com/Noticias/news_user_view/ecuadorinmediato_noticias--85762|title=ONG niega participación venezolana en ataque opositor en Ecuador|publisher=Ecuadorinmediato|accessdate=27 August 2014}} of promoting destabilizing activities{{Cite web|url=http://www.business.com/entrepreneurship/a-world-that-demands-political-change-on-a-global-scale-is-turning-to-the-entrepreneurial-spirit/|title=A World That Demands Political Change on a Global Scale is Turning to the Entrepreneurial Spirit|access-date=3 September 2016|archive-date=September 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902133633/http://www.business.com/entrepreneurship/a-world-that-demands-political-change-on-a-global-scale-is-turning-to-the-entrepreneurial-spirit/|url-status=dead}} against the former President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa. On behalf of the nongovernmental organization CIT Ecuador, Moreira called the accusations "unfounded".
That same year, Moreira organized a rally in support of political freedom called "Youth for a free democracy"{{Cite web|url=http://www.eluniverso.com/2008/06/09/0001/8/5315E6CA71074958A0BF8A151DE330CD.html|title=Chávez y opositores vendrán al país – JUN. 09, 2008 – Política – Historicos – EL UNIVERSO|last=eluniverso.com.|website=eluniverso.com|date=June 9, 2008 |access-date=30 August 2016}} in Manta during the visit of former Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez to Ecuador. The event was censored{{cite web|url=http://cambiemosecuador.com/2008/07/15/censura/|title=Censuran evento en la ciudad de Manta, Ecuador|date=July 15, 2008 |publisher=CambiemosEcuador.com|accessdate=29 January 2015}} by Chavez and Ecuadorian government officials,{{Cite web|url=http://lahora.com.ec/index.php/noticias/show/728811/-1/Foro_en_contra_de_Hugo_Ch%25C3%25A1vez.html|title=Foro en contra de Hugo Chávez : Manta : La Hora Noticias de Ecuador, sus provincias y el mundo|website=lahora.com.ec|access-date=30 August 2016}} and a government-mandated media blackout was in effect.
He was eventually forced to leave Ecuador, and now works as a political activist from his residence in Brooklyn, New York. He has since been invited to speak in Spain, Colombia, Chile, and Peru on the subject of economics and entrepreneurship.
Publications
He has been interviewed as a consultant in several magazines and media of entrepreneurship and politics about Ecuadorian national reality, marketing tips,{{Cite web|title=4 Social Media Marketing Tips Gen Zers Should Learn|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/deeppatel/2017/08/05/4-social-media-marketing-tips-gen-zers-should-learn/|website=www.forbes.com}} business growth,{{Cite web|title=The 5 Key Components of Rapid Business Growth|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/297837|website=www.entrepreneur.com|date=July 31, 2017 }} etc. In 2017 he published a book of entrepreneurship called: "A real job can kill your dreams",{{Cite web|title=A Real Job can kill Real Dreams|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/57949426-a-real-job-can-kill-real-dreams|access-date=2020-06-19|website=www.goodreads.com}} at the moment it is sold on virtual platforms such as Amazon and iTunes, its firm edition is expected in its native country of Ecuador under a publishing house still to be established.
=Works=
A Real Job Can Kill Real Dreams (2017). English.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://fabrizio.org}}
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