Branko Brkic is Editor-in-Chief of Daily Maverick. He arrived to South Africa in 1991, where he started off in the reproduction business. In 1998 he launched Timbila, the South African National Parks magazine. In 2001 he launched Brainstorm, the magazine which still dominates South African IT scene. In 2003 he left ITWeb to pursue other interests and in 2005, he launched the iconic Maverick magazine. In November 2007 he launched his fourth and final magazine, Empire, a media, arts and culture magazine. After Maverick and Empire folded in 2008, in late 2009 he launched Daily Maverick.