Sony Group Company and Sony Footage Leisure (SPE) introduced on Tuesday that Ravi Ahuja can be promoted to President and CEO of SPE, efficient January 2, 2025. Ahuja, who at present serves as SPE’s Chairman of World Tv Studios and President and COO, will succeed Tony Vinciquerra, who will step down from his position as SPE CEO.
Vinciquerra will proceed to function non-executive Chairman in an advisory capability till the top of December 2025.
In his new position, Ahuja will report on to Kenichiro Yoshida, Chairman and CEO of Sony Group Company, and Hiroki Totoki, President, COO, and CFO of Sony Group Company.
Who’s Ravi Ahuja?
Since becoming a member of SPE in 2021, Ahuja has been liable for overseeing all manufacturing companies for Sony Footage Tv (SPT) and the studio’s India enterprise as Chairman of World Tv Studios.
Moreover, he has overseen SPE’s Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) actions, together with the acquisitions of Industrial Media, Unhealthy Wolf, and Pixomondo, in addition to the sale of GSN Video games to Scopely.
Previous to his tenure at SPE, Ahuja held varied positions of accelerating duty, together with President of Enterprise Operations and CFO at Walt Disney Tv, and CFO at Fox Networks Group and Virgin Leisure Group, Inc.
Kenichiro Yoshida, Chairman and CEO of Sony Group Company, praised Ahuja’s contributions, saying, “Since becoming a member of SPE in 2021, Ravi has been on the centre of Tony’s management staff, navigating the unprecedented challenges of immediately’s media and leisure setting and positioning SPE for additional progress. Ravi brings with him years of expertise from his time at a few of the world’s most profitable leisure corporations, and we stay up for working extra carefully with him in his new position as President and CEO of SPE.”
Throughout his tenure, which started in June 2017, Vinciquerra efficiently led SPE’s turnaround, reaching 5 consecutive years of accelerating revenue. This was completed by strengthening SPE’s movie slate, reimagining its tv companies, and pursuing aggressive M&A in key progress areas, such because the acquisition of Crunchyroll in 2021.
