Robert Ritz

Hi there, I'm Robert Ritz

I'm the President of American University of Mongolia, co-founder of ErdemAI, co-founder of Kraft, and editor of MongolBeat. Most of my success comes from my amazing family.

Over the years I've done a lot of different things. I was an aide for a member of the US Congress, then a technology consultant, and now university administrator, professor, and business creator.

I write semi regularly on this site, and I welcome email to [email protected]. You can also find me on X and LinkedIn.

American University of Mongolia

American University of Mongolia was founded in 2012 (then called LETU Mongolia) with a mission to bring American higher education to Mongolia. We produce some of the best qualified business and data science graduates in Mongolia. Our alumni help run Mongolia's highest performing businesses. A big part of this success is a commitment to teaching practical things in the classroom in an all English environment.

Co-founder of ErdemAI

ErdemAI is an AI company designed to solve Mongolian issues. Our first product is an AI chatbot customized to help Mongolians with their daily work. Most of our customers are professionals looking to make their jobs easier. This often includes translation, idea generation, and getting easy answers to questions. There is a huge lack of quality content on the internet in Mongolian, and ErdemAI helps bridge that gap.

Co-founder of Kraft

Kraft is a furniture and cabinet manufacturing company. We use modern automated machines to produce high quality furniture at high speed for the Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia market. Our clients are furniture designers and installers.

Editor of MongolBeat

MongolBeat is a daily newsletter delivering domestic Mongolian news translated to English. I built it for myself so I can quickly and easily read the most important Mongolian news stories each morning. The newsletter is completely automated using large language models to choose the articles and translate them to English.

Family

I'm married to Bayaraa Zorigt, a truly impressive human being I love traveling through life with. My most successful businesses are all in partnership with her. It's not unfair to say that most of my success is due to her. We have one son together.

Orgs I started but failed at

I do a lot of different things, but many of the things I've tried have failed. I count failure and quitting the same in this case, but neither are bad. I learned a lot through these experiences and I believe it's important to share our failures as much as our successes.