Matthew Buckland

Matthew Buckland (22 August 1974 – 23 April 2019) was a South African Internet entrepreneur and businessman who founded and exited digital agency and publisher Creative Spark, acquired in 2015 by UK firm ''M&C Saatchi PLC'' (), the holding group of M&C Saatchi. Buckland was also the founder of Burn Media, a suite of technology publishing brands which includes Memeburn, Ventureburn.com, Gearburn.com and others.

Buckland previously headed the online division of the ''Mail & Guardian'', thereafter he started 20fourlabs at Naspers' news24.com, the largest South African online news publisher, owned by Naspers. While at the ''Mail & Guardian'' Buckland founded Thought Leader.

In 2015 he was selected as a "Master of Digital", sitting down with actor Idris Elba for a "Q&A Session".

Buckland lived in Cape Town with his wife and two daughters. Provided by Wikipedia