E144 Sean Atkins: Reach helps, passion helps more

Sean Atkins has a proven ability to build high-value businesses across diverse industries. Over the past 20 years, he has been a pioneer at the intersection of consumer, media, and tech, driving transformative initiatives at several of the world’s leading brands, including MTV, Discovery, HBO, Bertelsmann, Jellysmack, Yahoo!, and Disney. He now serves as CEO of Dhar Mann Studios, the mission-driven digital media company that reaches over 124M+ followers around the world with inspirational narrative content. One of the fastest-growing independent digital media companies, Atkins oversees 150 employees at Dhar Mann Studios as well as the company’s 100,000 SF production space in Los Angeles. He also launched and leads DMS’ creator-services business, 5th Quarter Agency, which helps its creator clients to generate more than six figures per month of incremental revenue. Photo: Justine Knight Photography