Gaurav Sood

Senior Director, Business Development, Partnerships, And Strategy at Crunchyroll

Gaurav Sood has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Gaurav has held various roles in different companies. In 2004, they worked as a Fixed Income - Bond Index Group Intern at Credit Suisse First Boston. Gaurav then joined ABN AMRO as a Junior Trader / 2nd Year Analyst Commodity Derivatives in 2005. From 2007 to 2008, they worked as a Strategy and Sales Associate at SB Enterprises. In 2009, they served as a Business Development and Strategy Summer Associate at GrabGreen. In 2011, they joined UC Investments - University of California Office of the President as a Senior Investment Analyst - Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Co-Investments. In 2016, they became a Strategy & Operations Senior Manager at Twitter. Gaurav then moved to Crunchyroll and served as a Director of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships from 2018 to 2020. Gaurav continued their career as a Senior Director of Partnerships, Content Strategy, and Business Development at WarnerMedia from 2020 to 2021. Currently, they hold the position of Senior Director of Business Development, Partnerships, and Strategy at Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment, starting in August 2021.

Gaurav Sood's education history includes attending New York University from 2001 to 2005. During this time, they pursued studies in economics, business, and computer science. Subsequently, they went on to obtain an MBA degree from UCLA Anderson School of Management from 2008 to 2010.

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Crunchyroll

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Crunchyroll connects anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories with the content they love. Best known as a top streaming service delivering AVOD and SVOD content, Crunchyroll also provides experiences to deepen fan engagement through content distribution, social, events, games, consumer products, and manga publishing. Fans have access to the largest collection of licensed anime through Crunchyroll, Anime Digital Network (in partnership with Citel, a subsidiary of Média-Participations), and Anime on Demand video streaming services, translated in multiple languages for viewers worldwide. Viewers can also access simulcasts — top series available immediately after Japanese broadcast. Crunchyroll's services also extend to licensing of theatrical, TV, home video, and consumer product rights. Fans engage further with events (including owned events Crunchyroll Expo, Anime Awards, Crunchyroll Movie Nights, KAZÉ Movie Nights), consumer products through eCommerce and retail partners (Crunchyroll, KAZÉ, AV Visionen), Crunchyroll Games, KAZÉ Games, and manga (KAZÉ Manga, Crunchyroll Manga app, Crunchyroll Manga Store). Crunchyroll was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Paris, Lausanne, Berlin (AV Visionen) and Chisinau. VRV (U.S.) and Eye See Movies (Germany) are also Crunchyroll brands