Neeraj Roy is the Founder & CEO of Hungama Digital Media, India’s leading digital entertainment
company.
He has been at the forefront of the Internet revolution in India and has played a pivotal role in shaping
the country’s digital entertainment landscape. Neeraj founded Hungama in 1999, at a time when the
Internet ecosystem in India was still taking shape and has since led the organization to become one of
the largest distributors and aggregators of digital entertainment content in South Asia. Since its
inception, Hungama has touched over a billion lives and today, its services are available to users in more
than 190 countries.
Under Neeraj’s direction, Hungama has diversified its services allowing the company to interact with the
consumers in more ways than one. Available on multiple platforms, its key offerings include Hungama
Music – one of the most popular music streaming services in India, Hungama Play – Hungama’s video
streaming service, Hungama Artist Aloud – a platform for independent artistes, Hungama Games – a
publisher, distributor and marketer of mobile games, and Bollywood Hungama – the go-to destination
for entertainment news.
The rapid rise of the Internet ecosystem in India and the growth seen by the company under Neeraj’s
leadership got several venture capital firms, domestic and international investors to invest in the
company. This includes Rare Enterprises, Intel Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners and Xiaomi.
Neeraj also steered the organization towards original content creation. Available in both long-form and
short-form, Hungama’s original content benefits from the company’s vast distribution network reaching
a wide audience worldwide.
Neeraj was voted amongst the ‘Top Ten mobiThinkers’ and ‘50 Most Influential People in Mobile
Entertainment’ globally. Neeraj was also awarded the Sun Microsystems – Economic Times Young
Leader Award. He is an active speaker at various international forums such as Mobile World Congress,
CTIA and World Handset Forum etc. and on several domestic and international committees advising on
the global mobile and digital entertainment economy. In the past, he has served as the Chairman of the
Mobile Entertainment Forum – Asia (MEF) and the President of International Advertising Association –
India Chapter.
A strong advocate of environmental issues, Neeraj actively supports foundations working to dissuade
the use of plastics and building a greener Earth.