Dritan Hoxha

Who was Dritan Hoxha?

Dritan Hoxha was an Albanian businessman. He was the founder of Top Media, Albania's largest media company.

Hoxha, who started his business career as a coffee importer with the Lori Caffe, founded Top Media in 1998. Firstly he founded the biggest Albanian radio station "Top Albania Radio". Along with Top Media he also founded the digital platform "Digitalb" and the newspaper "Shqip". In 2008 Digitalb became the first European Platform with 6 High Definition Channels and the second in world. This was a big achievement for Albania. He clashed with Prime Minister Sali Berisha over satellite broadcasting rights. Berisha fined Hoxha's group 13 million euros but they later reached a compromise. During this time he also faced accusations of tax evasion which he denied.

His "First Million" came from low level narcotics deals as a second in command of a bigger boss in a peripheral neighbourhood of Tirana called Lapraka. After his boss was murdered by a rival gang, he took over the local drugs and prostitution business.