26-year-old Mike Muthiga (Michael Muthiga) is CEO of Fatboy Animations and the man behind Faiba fame. Mike is one of the most sought after men in animations.
Education
He has always had the passion for animation but society pressure led him to pursue engineering. Initially, Mike followed the traditional career path after leaving High School, and completed an engineering degree although he explains that the well kindled animation passion was cemented at Alliance when he took the Art and Design option.
Mike Muthiga Career
After working with the BBC & Disney channels in the popular TingaTinga Tales animation production (Citizen TV), Mike, together with his friend Sen Kanyare, set up Fat Boy Animations. an animation company with an aim to provide content for the advertising and entertainment industry.
He was stunned by the reception. The extremely popular advert featuring the skinny character clad in leopard skin dancing saying, “Eish. Mboss. Is that your wife calling?” gave way to Mbugua, the businessman who is a miser; Jalis, the Olympics champion who describes himself as a racist (he means runner) and other animated characters such as Mazgwembe and Wafula.
Muthiga’s illustrious career in animation and advertisement had been cemented. Forbes magazine recognised him as one of 30 Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs In Africa 2014. He was 27 at the time and his company, Fatboy Animations had only existed for three years.
Now at 29, Forbes magazine has listed him again as one of Africa’s Top 30 under 30 Entrepreneurs for 2016. To be nominated under this category this year, the person had to have been an entrepreneur under the age of 30, have a legitimate registered
Mike Muthiga
business in the continent that is two years or older, must have risked his or her own money and have made a social impact.
Inherited businesses did not count. Being listed twice in Forbes magazine is a worthy accomplishment but is by no means an accident. With his staff of nine, he works on an average seven projects per month and charges between Sh1 million and Sh 1.4 million for a 60-second advert. Muthiga still does a lot of the work himself and is more creative at night. “I wake up at 8 or 9am, animate, animate, animate until 2 or 3 in the morning and then I go to sleep. Every single day,” he says.
Mike Muthiga Facebook and Twitter
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mmuthiga
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikemuthiga
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